THOUSANDS of rail workers went on strike over pay and job security on Saturday as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite.

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions staged their latest walkout in a dispute affecting Network Rail and several train-operating companies across the country.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “I think that the British public are fed up of being ripped off by this government and by corporate Britain, which have seen companies like BP and British Gas making massive profits while people are struggling to make a living.”