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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
TRANSPORT secretary Grant Shapps said today that he is “optimistic” about agreeing a “solution” for Transport for London (TfL) amid the coronavirus outbreak, but stopped short of promising a long-term bailout deal.
During the daily Downing Street press conference, he was asked whether the government was “close to a rescue deal” for TfL if “social distancing stays for years.”
Mr Shapps said he is “optimistic” of having a solution with TfL but that he does not know whether there would be a long-term solution.
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