Train strike today LIVE – UK plunged into MORE travel chaos as 2nd walkout sees majority of rail services CANCELLED

THOUSANDS of railway workers are staging their second strike of the week after talks failed to resolve a row over pay, jobs and conditions.

Today’s rail strikes have gone ahead after last-ditch talks failed on Wednesday, with the country set to be plunged into chaos once more.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators have taken industrial action, crippling services across the UK.

Only around one in five trains will run and mainly on main lines during the day.

Ahead of the strike, the Government announced plans to change the law to enable businesses to supply skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps during industrial action.

Ministers pointed out that under current trade union laws, employment businesses are restricted from supplying temporary agency workers to cover for strikers, saying it can have a “disproportionate impact”.

The legislation will repeal the “burdensome” legal restrictions, giving businesses impacted by strike action the freedom to tap into the services of employment businesses who can provide skilled, temporary agency staff at short notice, said the government.

Network Rail welcomed the move but Labour and unions condemned it as a “recipe for disaster.”

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