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The Tube strikes have been called off after a deal between Aslef and TfL (Picture: PA)

In case you missed it, all the Tube strikes were suspended after Aslef and RMT unions reached a deal with TfL.

The industrial action would have crippled most of the London Underground network today and next week if it had gone ahead.

RMT was the first one to suspend its walk-out, followed by Aslef after successful negotiations with Transport for London.

Aslef’s full-time organiser Finn Brennan said it agreed to suspend the planned strike action ‘following fresh talks and an improved offer.’

Brennan added that the union will discuss the offer with its reps at a meeting today.

‘We are pleased that this progress has been made and that strike action has been averted at this time,’ he added.

Claire Mann, TfL’s chief operating officer, said the transport authority is ‘pleased’ after the decision and that ‘Londoners will not be disrupted this week or next.’

She said: ‘We believe that we have made an offer to our trade unions that is fair, affordable, good for our colleagues and good for London – and we urge our trade unions to continue working with us.’

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