Tube drivers to strike on Trump visit

Drivers on parts of London Underground are to strike on the day of US president Donald Trump’s visit to the British capital next month in a row over working conditions and staffing.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union on the Piccadilly line will walk out from 9pm on 11 July until a minute past midnight on 14 July. Mr Trump is visiting the UK on 13 July.

Half a million passengers a day travel on the Piccadilly line, which links central London to Heathrow Airport.

The RMT accused London Underground of failing to employ enough drivers amid continued problems with the “ageing” Piccadilly line fleet and the alleged breaking of agreements.

The RMT’S general secretary Mick Cash said: “There have been repeated problems on the Piccadilly Line going back a number of years, which have led to dispute after dispute and the failure of LU management to get a grip has tipped the situation over the edge yet again.

“That is why we have had no option, but to put on these strike dates ... it is now down to LU bosses to start listening.”