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Sir Nicholas Soames told Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4's The Westminster Hour that the government should consider introducing new legislation to restrict strikes on the rail system.

The Conservative MP – whose Mid Sussex constituents have been affected by the strikes on Southern trains – said “what has happened on the Brighton line is absolutely appalling...jobs ruined, lives ruined".

However, he cautioned a longer term plan of action and not one made "in the heat of combat."