Labour pledge to overhaul railway network within five years

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Labour pledge to overhaul railway network within five years

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh discusses Labour’s plan to nationalise the entire rail network and bring down fares, if they win the next election.

She says the party is setting out "a very detailed plan" because of failings across the current system.

She says Labour would take funding already set aside by the government to set up a new public sector body named Great British Railways, reforms "which will save the taxpayer potentially billions of pounds per year by the end of five years".

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/labour-promises-publicly-owned-rail-as-tories-slam-unfunded-nationalisation-13122186

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Date: April 25, 2024