Jeremy Corbyn joined the national rail strike picket line in Newcastle on Saturday (June 25), the third and final day of last week's mass walkouts.

Thousands of Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union workers went on strike for the third day, defending their jobs, pay and working conditions.

The RMT union has taken action following a multi-year pay freeze and a lack of guarantee that there would be no compulsory redundancies across the network.

As Jeremy addressed the cheering crowd, he said: "This Government is now getting rid of a large number of railway staff and refusing a pay rise which will keep up with the rate of inflation.

"Post-Covid they are punishing all of those who did everything to keep the country running and to keep services running.

"We demand decent levels of pay. We demand job guarantees. We demand investment in our services."

Following the 3-day strike action, RMT's General Secretary Mick Lynch has said that further industrial action has not been ruled out.