Train chaos as bosses snub minimum service levels during rail strike

FRESH strike action has been announced by rail workers as train services were thrown into chaos yesterday, with no services running on some of England's busiest routes.

- Emily Braeger

Trains across the South were cancelled or reduced as the Aslef union staged another walkout in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

It comes as the first test of the Government's anti-strike legislation flopped with none of the train companies using the new law.

The Tories imposed "minimum service levels" last year, which gives operators the power to force 40% of their workers to remain on duty to reduce the disruption.

But the train firms involved in this week's dispute have chosen not to use the law, amid fears it could make strikes worse by damaging relations with staff.

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