Nicola Sturgeon tried to blame Boris Johnson today for an industrial dispute on Scotland’s newly renationalised rail network that will see hundreds of services cancelled every day from next week.
ScotRail, which was taken back into public ownership last month, has announced it will cut 700 services – almost a third of the total – from Monday due to a driver shortage caused by a disagreement with the union Aslef.
The new timetable has been sparked by drivers refusing to work on rest days and Sundays, measures which had been used to keep the service running.
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