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| Pay row hits plans for late Tube | Pay row hits plans for late Tube |
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| Plans to run London Underground services later at weekends have been suspended because of a pay row with unions, London's mayor has said. | Plans to run London Underground services later at weekends have been suspended because of a pay row with unions, London's mayor has said. |
| Ken Livingstone had wanted Tube trains to run until 0100 on Friday and Saturday nights but he claimed the unions were demanding too much money. | Ken Livingstone had wanted Tube trains to run until 0100 on Friday and Saturday nights but he claimed the unions were demanding too much money. |
| Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) officials said any pay rise should not be linked with later running Tubes. | Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) officials said any pay rise should not be linked with later running Tubes. |
| The mayor said it was a fair deal which would not be increased. | The mayor said it was a fair deal which would not be increased. |
| Conditional offer | Conditional offer |
| Currently thousands of RMT members are being balloted for strike action over claims a 4% pay rise has been withheld from last April. | Currently thousands of RMT members are being balloted for strike action over claims a 4% pay rise has been withheld from last April. |
| Speaking at his weekly news conference Mr Livingstone announced that the cost of meeting the unions' claims was "prohibitive" and he had decided to suspend introduction of later running trains. | Speaking at his weekly news conference Mr Livingstone announced that the cost of meeting the unions' claims was "prohibitive" and he had decided to suspend introduction of later running trains. |
| An RMT spokesman said: "It is London Underground that has linked the pay deal with an agreement on late running Tubes. | |
| "We are asking for the two issues to be dealt with separately and not that one is conditional on the other. | "We are asking for the two issues to be dealt with separately and not that one is conditional on the other. |
| "We are happy to agree a pay deal on 2006 if they take away all the strings attached." | "We are happy to agree a pay deal on 2006 if they take away all the strings attached." |