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Conservative and Labour: comparing the policies

TransPennine Express 802203 crosses Sankey Viaduct with the 0824 Liverpool Lime Street-Newcastle on April 9 2023. TPE is one of the operators currently under the control of the DfT’s Operator of Last Resort - so effectively under public ownership. JAMIE SQUIBBS.

Ian Tucker compares the rail policies of the two main parties fighting the election on July 4th.

At the Bradshaw lecture in February, Conservative Rail Minister Huw Merriman and Labour’s shadow counterpart Stephen Morgan set out their opposing visions.