A UNION leader is demanding a “banking style” government bail-out for Britain’s biggest train factory after Alstom said it will close with the loss of 1,300 jobs.

TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust urged transport secretary Mark Harper to take a publicly owned stake in the manufacturer as it started mothballing its Litchurch Lane factory in Derby.

She said: "The Tory government is idly allowing biggest Britain train factory to go to the wall.