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by Steve Sweeney
MINISTERS are planning another multibillion-pound corporate handout on our railways, announcing that the HS2 franchise will be flogged off to privateers.
A new West Coast Partnership franchise will take over services on the West Coast Main Line from April 2019, also getting high-speed trains between London and Birmingham from 2026, said Transport Minister Andrew Jones.
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
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
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES