The new leader of the country's biggest rail workers' union has pledged not to "take the foot off the gas" in the ongoing campaign for better pay and conditions in the industry.Eddie Dempsey is the new general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), after the announcement by Mick Lynch that he is retiring.

The new leader of the country's biggest rail workers' union has pledged not to "take the foot off the gas" in the ongoing campaign for better pay and conditions in the industry.Eddie Dempsey is the new general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), after the announcement by Mick Lynch that he is retiring.