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Union outrage as ‘cuts agenda’ academic appointed to lead Scotland's railways
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UNIONS have slammed the appointment of an academic with a “cuts agenda” as the new chair of the Scottish government’s rail company.
But SNP transport secretary Fiona Hyslop said Professor Iain Docherty would bring a “wealth of knowledge and experience” to the role at Scottish Rail Holdings Limited, which owns ScotRail and the Caledonian Sleeper.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “In 2021 Prof Docherty, a former non-executive director of both ScotRail and Transport Scotland, made a blatant attempt to further a cuts agenda that would be devastating for Scotland’s railway.
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