Labour's bid to renationalise Britain's railways: What does Keir Starmer plan to do? How much will it cost? Will it mean cheaper fares? Will passengers return to the dark days of British Rail?


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Daily Mail— Sir Keir Starmer 's party are pledging to transfer train operators to public ownership within the first five years of a Labour government.

dailym.ai—Amid talk of renationalising the railways, PETER HITCHENS' provocative view The disastrous break-up of British Rail created chaos in the name of competition. And nothing Labour does will alter that. PETER HITCHENS: While designed to look like the return of British Rail, Labour's plan is nothing of the sort, but a lame acceptance that John Major's privatisation scheme utterly failed.

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