Most
of
the
Docklands
Light
Railway
is
closed
today,
as
two
24-hour
strikes
start.
The
dispute
over
pay
is
between
the
RMT
and
the
operator
Keolis
Amey
Docklands,
which
runs
the
system
under
contract
to
Transport
for
London.
TfL
said
trains
are
running
only
between
Canning
Town
and
Beckton.
A
second
walkout
is
planned
for
tomorrow,
and
there
could
also
be
some
disruption
early
on
Thursday
morning.

Strike
law

Today’s
King’s
Speech
is
expected
to
outline
plans
for
a
new
law
which
will
force
unions
to
provide
a
40
per
cent
service
during
rail
strikes.
The
RMT
has
labelled
Minimum
Service
Levels
legislation
as
‘an
assault
on
the
fundamental
freedoms
of
working
people’.
General
secretary
Mick
Lynch
warned
that
such
a
law
could
cause
more
strikes,
and
added:
‘We
believe
employers
have
the
discretion
not
to
issue
minimum
service
work
notices.
Any
employer
that
seeks
to
issue
a
work
notice
will
find
themselves
in
a
further
dispute
with
my
union.’

HS2
plan

The
Chartered
Institute
of
Logistics
and
Transport
has
published
a
10-point
plan
following
the
cancellation
of
HS2
to
Crewe
and
Manchester.
CILT
said
it
remains
‘deeply
disappointed’
following
the
Prime
Minister’s
decision
last
month.
Its
plan
calls
for
an
independent
inquiry
into
the
problems
with
HS2,
and
is
also
calling
for
land
already
bought
for
the
route
to
Crewe
to
be
safeguarded.
It
wants
an
‘urgent
review’
of
the
options
for
easing
bottlenecks
on
the
West
Coast
Main
Line,
and
says
there
needs
to
be
more
emphasis
on
freight
as
well
as
another
thousand
kilometres
of
electrification.