A SEVENTY-TWO-HOUR Tube strike was suspended yesterday after London Underground agreed to put all redundancies on hold.

Transport workers’ union RMT announced it was able to find common ground with Tube management with its Fit for the Future programme of ticket office closures, jeopardising 960 jobs and raising safety issues for staff and passengers, up for review. 

RMT’s acting general secretary Mick Cash thanked members for the “solidarity and determination” which allowed the union to “secure real movement and significant progress on the issues at the heart of this dispute.”