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    Ex-transport secretaries give warnings on rail nationalisation

    by Nick Lester Apr 25, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Two former Tory transport secretaries have warned over the pitfalls of rail nationalisation as Labour vowed to bring the industry back into public ownership.

    The decades under state-owned British Rail was “not a time when everything was fantastic”, said Lord Fowler, highlighting a major problem with lack of investment.

    Conservative peer Lord McLoughlin and not the which would be in the driving seat.

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