London Underground strikes called off after talks breakthrough

Action that risked bringing capital to standstill for four days halted as RMT’s Mick Lynch reveals ‘significant progress’ at talks

Planned London Underground strikes that threatened to bring the capital to a halt next week have been called off after talks.

The RMT and Aslef unions have now suspended industrial action that would have stopped the tube entirely for four days and caused widespread disruption from Monday to Saturday.