The shadow transport secretary says her party will finally establish Great British Railways to 'get Britain moving', but the current rail minister accuses Labour of having no plan to pay for it.
Labour will promise to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail 'in a generation' by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership. Making the announcement in a speech on Thursday, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh will also pledge to establish a 'best-price ticket guarantee' for travellers, offer automatic 'delay repay' schemes and make digital season tickets available across the network.
Labour said this method would prevent taxpayers from having to cover any compensation to the operators that would be due if they renationalised the railways immediately. The party also pledged to create a new independent watchdog called the Passenger Standards Authority to ensure GBR keeps up its standards. And it committed to introducing a statutory duty on GBR to promote the use of rail freight - still owned by private firms - to cut carbon emissions and reduce lorry traffic.
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