Labour’s Transport record: ‘Much more could have been done’

Very disappointing, especially in railways. There’s the 10-year transport plan, now in pieces and almost officially denied. The disastrous creation and, three years later, deserved abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority. The political assassination of Railtrack on unsound legal grounds. The incremental renationalisation of rail, including the creation of Network Rail, the Department for Transport’s tightening grip on franchisees, and an ill-judged assault on the rolling stock...

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