RMT members to vote on new Network Rail pay offer

Union calls off planned 24-hour rail strike to consult members amid fresh hopes of an end to industrial action

• RMT suspends train strike next week after talks breakthrough

The RMT union has said members will vote in a referendum over the next 12 days on a revised pay offer from Network Rail, in a move that could spell the end to the most damaging rail strikes.

On Tuesday night the union called off a 24-hour strike at Network Rail planned for next Thursday, 16 March, which would have included thousands of signallers, critical for allowing the railway to run.