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LABOUR leader Ed Miliband signalled yesterday he was prepared to halt two decades of underfunding and extortionate fare increases on Britain’s railways by bringing them under public ownership.
He said the party recognised there were “flaws” in the current privatised system and would take a “pragmatic” approach to solving them.
“I want to see value for money for the taxpayer,” Mr Miliband said on the BBC Andrew Marr show.
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
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
