Tube drivers' salaries will soar to £50,000... but they'll still work just 35 hours a week

Tube drivers yesterday won a pay deal to boost their average salary to more than £50,000 a year.

The inflation-busting award comes at a time when millions of workers are seeing only paltry rises, or even pay freezes.

The London Underground drivers will be on almost twice the national average full-time salary of around £26,000. 

Under the four-year deal, negotiated by militant union bosses at the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers' union, staff will get a 5 per cent pay rise this year.   Read More

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