TORY Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin is secretly courting venture capitalists seeking to profit from the privatisation of Network Rail, the Morning Star can exclusively reveal today.
Mr McLoughlin has personally met representatives of UBS Bank and Infra Capital to gauge interest about a break-up from potential buyers.
A source at the meeting held two weeks ago described how they discussed which parts of Britain’s rail infrastructure would be profitable enough to sell.
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