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The transport select committee have heard that a resolution to rail strikes is further away than when negotiations started. Iain Stewart, the committee's Conservative chair, asked union leaders where where they were on a scale of one to 10. Mick Whelan, the head of Aslef, responded: 'I think you can include zero. We’re further away than when we started.' Frank Ward, the TSSA general secretary, concurred. And Mick Lynch of the RMT union said: 'Until we get an agreement we’re not close to it' Rail union leaders say action can continue ‘for long haul’ and say they are further from a resolution than when strikes started – live Continue reading...