The leader of Surrey County Council has hit out at proposals by the RMT union for a week-long strike next week over the Southern Rail dispute.

David Hodge, who is a Southern Rail passenger himself, says “It is completely unacceptable for the RMT to cause so much disruption to the people of Surrey with a week-long strike’.

Southern and rail union RMT are due to hold talks ahead of the planned industrial action, which is scheduled to begin on 8th August.