This week's strike action by RMT union members is bringing unnecessary, damaging, large-scale disruption to lives and livelihoods across East Devon.
The Avocet Line between Exmouth & Exeter is closed with other services from Cranbrook & Whimple severely reduced, harming recovering businesses and hard-hit families.
Unreasonable demands of militant left-wing unions (supported by the Labour Party) for a huge pay increase while also refusing to discuss much needed reforms, are holding the railways back from a much-needed, modernised, sustainable future.
As a member of the Transport Select Committee, I will be pressing the case for legislation requiring minimum service levels on the railway network, to prevent unions ruining people’s lives and holding the country to ransom in future.