Tube strikes: Aslef drivers now demand 12% pay rise after Sadiq Khan finds £30m to avert week-long walkouts

Tube drivers on Monday demanded a 12% pay rise after Sadiq Khan decided to use £30m of taxpayers’ cash to avert a week of strikes on the London Underground.

Aslef, which represents the majority of Tube drivers, said the mayor “had found the magic money tree and our members expect to share the fruit”.

Mr Khan’s unprecedented intervention on Sunday saw the RMT, which represents about 10,000 Tube staff, call off walkouts that would