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Night Tube deal agreed: TfL and unions reach agreement on overnight London Underground service as strikes averted Night Tube deal agreed: TfL and unions reach agreement on overnight London Underground service as strikes averted
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London's long-awaited overnight weekend Tube service has moved a step closer after union members accepted a pay deal. London's long-awaited Night Tube service has moved a step closer after union members accepted a pay deal.
The service was initially due to be extended in September but was delayed after unions rejected new working conditions. The service was initially due to be extended in September but was delayed after drivers rejected new working conditions.
But Rail, Maritime and Transport Union members have now accepted a deal.  But Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) members have now accepted a deal that will allow plans to be implemented.
More follows... The Night Tube will see trains on the Jubilee, Victoria, Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines run all night on Fridays and Saturdays.
The RMT executive announced its backing for the deal last month and its 10,000 members started voting on 11 February.
It included a 2 per cent pay rise in year one, RPI inflation or 1 per cent (whichever is greater) in years two and three, and RPI plus 0.25 per cent or 1 per cent in year four, plus a £500 bonus for staff on lines where the night Tube will run.
RMT said there was an 84 per cent vote in favour of the package after mediation talks brought an end to a series of proposed strikes.
“I want to pay tribute to RMT's members across London Underground who have stood rock solid throughout the long campaign of industrial pressure to secure a fair deal from the company over pay and night Tube operation," Mick Cash, the General Secretary, said. 
“Those members have now voted to accept the most recent offer from the company - an offer that was only made after the hard work by union reps in the negotiations backed up by the loyalty, determination and militancy of the workforce right across the Tube network.”
Other unions are still to decide on whether they accept the offer.
Additional reporting by PA