Andy Burnham gives train drivers pay rise to avoid embarrassing strikes on ‘London to No10 North’ line London Evening StandardTrain drivers secure 3.6% pay rise after threat of strikes on busy UK routes The GuardianAndy Burnham agrees pay deal for train drivers on No 10 North line The TimesFury as PM ‘caves to trade union power’ by handing £70k train drivers a pay rise The SunThe wage deal between Avanti West Coast and the Aslef union is the first to be approved under the Prime Minister, who frequently travels up from the capital to work at No 10 North facebook.com