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LABOUR is under renewed pressure to renationalise the whole of Britain’s rail network after polling revealed peeved-off passengers are in no mood for half measures.
Results of a Survation poll of 1,046 people revealed today show 40 per cent want to see every line run by a public-sector operator.
Another 23 per cent of people want to see some lines back in public hands, while just 17 per cent are prepared to see privatisation continue.
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more