TUBE drivers expected to give up social life to work longer hours for no extra pay on all-night trains were balloted for strike action yesterday, writes Alana MacAskill.

Rail unions Aslef and RMT are balloting members on London Underground in a dispute over pay and the company’s decision to impose new rosters requiring unlimited weekend and night shifts without additional pay in compensation.

RMT general secretary Mick Cash branded the decision “outrageous” and said it was a “vanity project” on the part of London Mayor Boris Johnson who was trying to “bully staff” into accepting the new practices.