Train drivers have been offered a 14% pay rise by ministers in a bid to end more than two years of strikes on the railways.
Transport secretary Louise Haigh unveiled the above-inflation three-year offer on Wednesday, which would take drivers’ average salaries from £60,000 to near £70,000.
Union Aslef said it had agreed to the deal with the Department for Transport, with a vote now set to be put to drivers.
Were this passed, it would bring an end to the long-running dispute between drivers and 16 rail operators, which began in July 2022.
Drivers have walked out on 18 separate days during the dispute, causing delays and cancellations across the railway network.
“The offer is a good offer – a fair offer – and it is what we have always asked for,” Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan commented, adding members would be recommended to approve the deal.