Scottish ministers accuse London of ‘picking a fight’ with rail unions

Transport secretary Grant Shapps and his cabinet colleagues are being accused of ‘picking a fight’ with the rail unions, as more walkouts are threatened. Scottish transport minister Jenny Gilruth said a meeting with Grant Shapps and rail minister Wendy Morton was cancelled last week at short notice. It was rescheduled for yesterday but cancelled again. She has accused London politicians of being ‘asleep at the wheel’.