London's Tube network is also shut down, forcing commuters on to rammed buses or into their cars. If services are going ahead they will be limited with no trains travelling after 6.30pm this evening. Labour is in disarray over the strikes as MPs ignored a warning from their leader Sir Keir Starmer and joined picket lines this morning as Britain's railway stations, usually rammed with commuters were deserted. Train passengers are facing chaos with half of the UK's rail network closed and only a fifth of services running due to the biggest strike by rail workers for a generation. The UK has been forced into another de facto lockdown that could be the death knell for many small businesses who have already been struggling for the past two years due to the pandemic and were just getting back on their feet.
