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SNP are giving ScotRail 'a pass to fail'
A ScotRail train leaves Edinburgh's Waverley Station

SNP MINISTERS were accused of giving ScotRail “a pass to fail” today, amid fresh calls to end the franchise early.

At First Minister’s Questions today, Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie said the Scottish government “must work on the assumption that a public-sector bidder may be needed from next year.”

The nationalist administration is preparing for the state to bid against private operators for the next ScotRail franchise.

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