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| All-night Tube service will be delayed | All-night Tube service will be delayed |
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| The launch date of London's Night Tube is to be delayed. | The launch date of London's Night Tube is to be delayed. |
| The 24-hour weekend service on the Jubilee, Victoria and most of the Piccadilly, Central and Northern lines was due to start on 12 September. | The 24-hour weekend service on the Jubilee, Victoria and most of the Piccadilly, Central and Northern lines was due to start on 12 September. |
| Tube workers have been in dispute with London Underground (LU) over rotas and working conditions on the Night Tube. | Tube workers have been in dispute with London Underground (LU) over rotas and working conditions on the Night Tube. |
| LU said it had deferred the introduction until later in the autumn to "allow more time" for talks with the unions. | LU said it had deferred the introduction until later in the autumn to "allow more time" for talks with the unions. |
| On Monday two 24-hour Tube strikes planned for this week were called off after talks between unions and LU managers. | On Monday two 24-hour Tube strikes planned for this week were called off after talks between unions and LU managers. |
| LU workers staff had staged two 24-hour strikes over the dispute in July and August. | |
| No new date has been announced, but LU said it wanted an agreement to help launch the Night Tube in the autumn. | |
| 'Common sense' | |
| LU managing director Nick Brown said: "Further to the progress made in recent days with the trade unions and the suspension of strike action, we believe we are not far from an agreement that protects the work-life balance of our employees and is affordable, sustainable and fair. | LU managing director Nick Brown said: "Further to the progress made in recent days with the trade unions and the suspension of strike action, we believe we are not far from an agreement that protects the work-life balance of our employees and is affordable, sustainable and fair. |
| "As such, we have decided to defer the introduction of Night Tube to allow more time for those talks to conclude. Our objective is to reach an agreement that ends this dispute and delivers the Night Tube for Londoners this autumn." | "As such, we have decided to defer the introduction of Night Tube to allow more time for those talks to conclude. Our objective is to reach an agreement that ends this dispute and delivers the Night Tube for Londoners this autumn." |
| LU added the practical arrangements for the Night Tube were in place, but discussions with the unions meant it was unable to communicate any changes to its staff before the planned launch date. | |
| Mick Whelan, general secretary of train drivers' union Aslef, welcomed the deferral of the launch. | |
| He said: "It has to be done in a way that works for London Underground, for passengers, and also for the drivers who deliver this service every day. | |
| "Had LU not acted in bad faith, by trying to introduce the Night Tube in London without consultation, and without negotiation, we wouldn't be where we are today and they would have been in a position to deliver. | |
| "Common sense has broken out at London Underground and now we can sit down with them and work this out." |