Unions say Tories' Rail Reform Bill offers nothing to undo privatisation harm
RAIL unions have criticised the Tories’ draft Rail Reform Bill, which will create a “commercially focused” Great British Railways (GBR).
The Department for Transport said that GBR will “leverage private-sector innovation” while having responsibility for infrastructure, operations and oversight of whole industry finance where it is the franchising authority.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “This Bill, in its current form, will do nothing to address the 30-year-long decline in our railways since privatisation.
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