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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling
“FAILING” Chris Grayling should be forced to resign, TUC Congress declared today.
It threw its weight behind calls from rail unions for the Transport Secretary to go after it heard a charge sheet of his blunders in public office.
These include forcing rail privateers to axe guards, the third failure of a private operator running the East Coast main line and a pay cap on workers, rail union RMT said.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains