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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram, Mayor West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, Acting Chair Councillor Louise Gittins Cheshire West and Chester and Mayor of South Yorkshire Dan Jarvis, during a press conference following a meeting of the Transport for the North Board at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, after the Government set out its revised plans for Northern England and the Midlands. Picture date: Wednesday November 24, 2021.
THE chaos caused by rail and bus privatisation was condemned by northern mayors and train drivers in Manchester today.
Drivers’ union Aslef called a policy conference as part of the union’s Invest in Rail campaign to plan for public control of transport.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram attended and pledged to develop publicly controlled integrated rail systems in their regions.
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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
