What is Labour's rail nationalisation plan and will it make train tickets cheaper?
The UK currently has some of the highest rail ticket prices in Europe - something critics have blamed on privatisation. But it isn't clear if potential savings made from nationalisation will be used to subsidise ticket fares.
UK’s Labour Kicks Off Nationalization With Three Train Services
The UK’s Labour government will nationalize three train services currently run by the private sector, the start of a plan to take the industry back into public hands.
SWR to be first train UK operator to be renationalised under Labour plan
South Western Railway will be the first train operator in Britain to be renationalised under plans by the Labour government to fix the country's troubled railway system, the department for transport said on Wednesday.
South Western Railway to be renationalised by Labour
South Western Railway will be the first rail operator renationalised by the Labour government after it passed a law last week. Labour has pledged to renationalise rail services as operator franchises come to an end,
South Western Railway set to be first train operator privatised by Labour
The UK government plans to take South Western Railway into public ownership in May, in the first nationalisation of the country’s passenger rail network under Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour administration.
South Western to be first rail company nationalised under Labour
Labour will take South Western Railway under public control next spring, marking the first step in Sir Keir Starmer’s sweeping plan to reverse 30 years of privatisation.
Labour plan to renationalise British steel industry blasted as 'complete disgrace'
EXCLUSIVE: Labour's plan to renationalise the UK's steel industry has been branded a "bad mistake" by the former Shadow ...
Scotland to Remove Child-Benefit Cap in Challenge to Labour Party
Scotland’s government plans to remove a limit on child benefits, a high-profile move by the ruling Scottish National Party to ...
Labour tax U-turn? Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out more rises despite CBI pledge
Fears are growing that Labour could be planning a new tax raid after Rachel Reeves refused to repeat her recent pledge not to ...
Nightmare for Labour as UK economy on the brink with London stock market worst in 14 years
The London Stock Exchange is suffering from a mass exodus - its worst in more than a decade, as Keir Starmer's woes continue ...
Mayor quits Labour Party to sit as an Independent
The Mayor of Northampton has left the Labour Party to sit as a non-aligned Independent. Councillor Paul Joyce was elected in ...
Will Labour’s plan make train tickets cheaper?
When the government laid out plans for renationalising the railways in July, it did not guarantee lower fares, but promised a ...
Labour MP: I’d vote against inheritance tax changes if real vote held today
He said he will engage with the Treasury and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) over the coming ...
SNP accuses Labour in Scotland of ‘distancing’ itself from Westminster party
Stephen Gethins asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray if his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect ...