‘If I were an RMT member, I would be voting to go on strike,’ Streeting says
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting has said that if he were a member of the National Union of Rail,…
Railways
RMT workers are defending not only their jobs, but the public interest too
Network Rail, the company that owns and maintains Britain’s railway infrastructure, has recently announced plans to cut over…
‘Great British Railways’ is just a watered down rebrand of business as usual
The government today released the much-anticipated Williams Review that outlined how it intends to fix rail. We expected…
Labour criticises planned rail overhaul and calls for “fuller public ownership”
Jim McMahon has told the Secretary of State for Transport that the long-awaited overhaul of the rail industry…
TSSA condemns “shortsighted and reckless” £1bn rail budget cut
Transport workers’ union TSSA has labelled a £1bn government cut to the rail infrastructure budget “shortsighted and reckless”…
Bring railways “back into full public ownership”, Labour tells government
Labour has called on Downing Street to “bring our rail franchises back into full public ownership” after the…
TSSA slams government after £100m payout to rail shareholders
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes has accused the government of causing a “national scandal” after £100m of taxpayer…
TSSA calls for clarity over reports of rail nationalisation
The TSSA has called for clarity over reports that the government is preparing to nationalise the railways, demanding…
Luke Pollard: Tory rail strategy for the South West is a sham – our railway needs investment
Yesterday, as Storm Emma covered the country in snow, I was on a delayed and diverted train from…
Christian Wolmar: East coast bailout shows fake capitalism of rail privatisation
The farcical nature of railways privatisation has been brought to the fore by two collapses in the first…
