Government minister Nick Gibb urges union not to 'hold the country to ransom' after new rail strikes announced
Julian Gold from Cambridge says the new strike dates will disrupt his family's Christmas.
Meanwhile Sarah Harris, 28, lives in Kent but works in London. Her work's Christmas party is on 15 December but with strikes the next day, trains will finish early that evening. Mr Lynch said the new strike starting on Christmas Eve was targeted at planned engineering works by Network Rail, although he acknowledged that passenger services would "wind down" earlier than usual on 24 December.
"In previous strike action days, we have seen in some cases up to 40% lost in trade, with billions of pounds in revenue in the balance over the holiday period, which they are relying on to survive," he said. Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, said the pay offer seemed "low" given the current cost of living crisis.
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