“British Rail was actually a success, because…”
Q: “Was it?”
“Yes it was a success…”
Q: “Well hang on…”

Rail expert Christian Wolmar comments on Labour’s plan to take every major train operating company back into public hands.
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SNP's power-sharing deal with the Greens collapses after emergency cabinet meeting

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Will train fares be cheaper under a Labour government?

As the party pledges to renationalise most passenger rail services if elected, Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh tells #R4Today the party 'can't promise' fares will be lowered.

Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years if elected.

Andy Bagnall from Rail Partners, which represents private operators on the rail network, tells Jonny Dymond without commercial focus costs would 'creep up over time'.

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Labour promises automatic refunds for train delays in railway plans bbc.in/49XJTK9

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends civil service job cuts to increase defence spending bbc.in/4bbC6tg

10,000 council staff in England stuck on sick leave, Lib Dems say bbc.in/3JBWcBn

'Will prices come down?'

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh was questioned on #BBCBreakfast over Labour's plans to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years, if it is elected.

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'We'll bring the private operators into public ownership as the contract expires'

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh spoke to #BBCBreakfast about plans to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years

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Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services in England within five years, if it is elected.

Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman had more details on #BBCBreakfast

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Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years, if party is elected

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The councils selling the family silver to pay bills bbc.in/4b61Nvo

Significant risk to launch untested childcare plans, government accepts bbc.in/3WbuvGU

Ministers have 'caved into vested interests' on no-fault evictions pledge, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner says

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Overpayments to carers must be recouped in 'compassionate' way, Deputy PM Oliver Dowden says

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'What we are doing is making sure this bill is watertight,' Andrew Bowie tells #PoliticsLive

The Conservative MP is asked when 'no-fault' evictions will be banned, as MPs debate the Renters (Reform) Bill in the Commons

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'We need more Frank Fields, they're the grit in the oyster'

Lord Blunkett pays tribute to former Labour minister Frank Field on #PoliticsLive

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'The plan that I announced yesterday is fully funded,' Rishi Sunak tells reporters in Berlin

The PM says UK defence spending will be funded by a reduction to the 'Civil Service headcount back to 2019 levels'

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Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper says unpaid carers are sharing stories of fines for 'minor infringements' on allowance earning rules

The deputy PM says if there have been overpayments 'it is right on behalf of the taxpayer to recuperate those'

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'Does the deputy PM really endorse the views' of the party's London mayoral candidate, Labour's Sarah Jones asks, accusing her of promoting 'Islamophobic tropes'

Oliver Dowden says 'recorded crime has increased 20%' under the Labour mayor of London

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