Columnist ‘Voters are sick of being ripped off. Public ownership must be Labour’s solution’ Last week, Angela Rayner compared renationalisation to Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget, saying it would be ideological and cost… Cat Hobbs 20th September, 2023, 4:20 pm
Comment Corbyn’s railway pains: will this go down as a bacon sandwich moment? It began as a fairly routine video on the hand-held camera now beloved of insurgent political campaigns. It… Peter Edwards 24th August, 2016, 12:33 pm
Comment Renationalising the railways is not a total panacea for the problems created by the sell-off Promising to renationalise the railways certainly accords with popular feeling since poll after poll has suggested that around… Christian Wolmar 4th January, 2016, 4:38 pm
News Weekly Survey: MPs’ second jobs, railway renationalisation and Ed Miliband This week started off with something of a 2010 throwback; the words ‘cash for access’ were splashed across… 23rd February, 2015, 4:03 pm
News Weekly survey: Changing policy direction, fracking and the general election This week, a group of 15 Labour MPs published a joint statement urging the party to change course in… 26th January, 2015, 3:17 pm
News 15 Labour MPs release statement calling for change in party policy direction A group of 15 Labour MPs have issued a public statement this morning, expressing concern about elements of… 26th January, 2015, 8:50 am
News Dugher says he’s not a “train-spotter” and he wants to champion motorists Michael Dugher, the new Shadow Transport Secretary, has said that he wants to start championing motorists, by focussing… 2nd December, 2014, 11:14 am
News Where Labour now stands on rail – and what the NPF must decide Nick Robinson reported earlier this evening that “Labour will soon unveil a promise to change the law to… Mark Ferguson 17th July, 2014, 8:35 pm
Comment Only by reuniting track and trains can Labour bring ticket prices down When deciding Labour’s approach to running our railways, I hope the party leadership don’t talk down our railway’s… Matt Brennan 17th July, 2014, 11:57 am
News Miliband resisting calls for full nationalisation of the railways Ed Miliband is resisting pressure from trade unions to support renationalising the rail industry. Both the Financial Times… 17th July, 2014, 9:34 am