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The Labour MP Kate Osborne, who is parliamentary private secretary to the shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle, has joined an RMT picket line, in defiance of the orders from Keir Starmer’s office. (See 9.31am.) Asked if she would face disciplinary action, Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News: “That’s a matter for the whips and for Keir Starmer.”
Good morning. The rail strikes are set to be the dominant political story of the week and today – which sees the first day of a national strike by RMT members, as well as a strike on the London tube – may well see the worst disruption of the week.
