Jeremy Corbyn: Ticket office closures are ‘unnecessary, cruel and simply wrong’
Jeremy Corbyn calls on Labour to commit to nationalising the transport industry in exclusive interview
Jeremy Corbyn calls on Labour to commit to nationalising the transport industry in exclusive interview
A pledge to re-nationalise the railways could help to swing the election for Labour.
Some rail fares in Britain have risen by as much as 250 per cent since British Rail was privatised, according to research by the TSSA transport union.
The government is showing the same type of contempt for the UK’s railways and communities that Beeching did all those years ago.
Despite inflation-busting fair increases and big salaries for its executives, a report by the Office of Rail Regulation has produced a damning report on the state of the railways.