Comment 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… Robert Maisey 27th May, 2022, 3:53 pm
Comment ‘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… Manuel Cortes 20th May, 2021, 5:00 pm
News 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… Elliot Chappell 20th May, 2021, 1:17 pm
News 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”… Conrad Duncan 4th December, 2020, 12:57 pm
News 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… Andrew Kersley 21st September, 2020, 11:29 am
News 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… Andrew Kersley 17th September, 2020, 2:07 pm
News 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… Elliot Chappell 13th July, 2020, 11:13 am
Comment 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… Luke Pollard 2nd March, 2018, 12:36 pm
Comment 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… Christian Wolmar 30th January, 2018, 12:00 pm
Comment From the railways to the probation service, Tory privatisation has been a failure Adding to its failures on the railways and the Forensic Science Service, the failings of the privatised Probation… Bill Edwards 8th January, 2018, 2:44 pm