ANDY BURNHAM’S pledge to renationalise the railways was met with scepticism from campaign group Trade Unionists Against the European Union (TUAEU) yesterday.

In an attempt to counter the huge support for Jeremy ­Corbyn’s Labour leadership campaign, Mr Burnham said on Tuesday that he supported a model which would allow the state to bid for franchises against private companies.

But TUAEU spokesman Brian Denny drew attention to Mr Burnham’s support for the EU and said that rail renationalisation was illegal under European law.