Labour pledge to overhaul railway network within five years

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Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh discusses Labour's plan to nationalise the entire rail network and bring down fares, if they win the next election.
She says the party is setting out "a very detailed plan" because of failings across the current system.
She says Labour would take funding already set aside by the government to set up a new public sector body named Great British Railways, reforms "which will save the taxpayer potentially billions of pounds per year by the end of five years".
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@andrewpandrew-sn7by 29 күн бұрын

This host is awful. Short aggressive and combatative statements when she clearly knows nothing about the actual system herself. In particular, saying "TfL is pants" is irreaponsible and makes me sad. Having lived in London most of my life, a system that has now almost no subsisdy that transports millions of people around London everyday. It is a hugely complex network and mammoth task. Renationalisation of the railway, done right is a brilliant idea. I know the railways.

@davidcooks2379 29 күн бұрын

Kay Burley is a known disgraceful arrogant patronising host. Why people come to speak to her is a mystery

@Thomas06992 29 күн бұрын

TFL is 'immensely' subsidized. Don't spew nonsense.

@justinjoseph8491 29 күн бұрын

Wow an actual policy from labour and a good one, rare.

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

Daft idea

@justinjoseph8491 29 күн бұрын

@@T5Zplayer Yea, lets let german companies profit off our rail service while not investing in it, that's a better idea.

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

@@justinjoseph8491 Blame the original farce that was nationalisation that left the industry bankrupt, another Liebour unionfilth success story

@thetruth156real3 29 күн бұрын

@@justinjoseph8491We are buying their cars, should we stop that as well so we can stop Germanys profits ?

@nbarrett100 29 күн бұрын

They're sort of already half-nationalised. LNER, Southeastern and Nothern are state-owned. Many of the others are owned (or part owned) by the German or Italian state-owned railways.

@andrewpandrew-sn7by 29 күн бұрын

Yes, the DfT have essenntially taken some operators back into ownership as the provate owners essentially failed. The big fundamental problem with private operations is that when timea are good, they work to just remove money from the system to pay shareholders. When times are bad, they just bail. They also make very limited investments, especially towards the end of franchise agreements. National ownership of operators in this context makes a lot of sense.

@KingCharles3 29 күн бұрын

LNER is the best run line

@kawallabair3216 29 күн бұрын

As if Corbyn came up with rail re-nationalisation. What a farcical question.

@JamJam0189 29 күн бұрын

Railways were nationalised after WW2 by the Labour government of Atlee, they remained so for many years including during the days of both Conservative and Labour governments even durign Thatcher! British Rail were axed under the 1990's and railways were privatised under John Major, it led to much higher prices and worst services. Labour back nationalised railways during the 80's and early 90's until Blair, then Corbyn back nationalisation in 2017 and 2019 so good to see it back on the agenda in 2024.

@RaRa-eu9mw 29 күн бұрын

He essentially did. It wasn't on the table with any Labour leader prior.

@JamJam0189 29 күн бұрын

@@RaRa-eu9mw Railways were nationalised after WW2 by the Labour government of Atlee, they remained so for many years including during the days of both Conservative and Labour governments even durign Thatcher! British Rail were axed under the 1990's and railways were privatised under John Major, it led to much higher prices and worst services. Labour back nationalised railways during the 80's and early 90's until Blair, then Corbyn back nationalisation in 2017 and 2019 so good to see it back on the agenda in 2024.

@RaRa-eu9mw 28 күн бұрын

@@JamJam0189 None of that is relevant to what I said...

@user-wx6fl3pc1x 26 күн бұрын

Fare prices are a ripoff.

@jamieparry6420 29 күн бұрын

Ridiculous interviewer.

@hudsonrolfe9633 29 күн бұрын

I'm flying from London to Glasgow in May because it's cheaper than getting the train

@Jamal-Ahmed786 22 күн бұрын

Not just railway, we also need water, energy, post office and British Airways back into public ownership. Railway is not enough 😡 😡 😡

@Durka-Durka01 29 күн бұрын

None of the politicians in this country could run a bath!

@MrLaking123 29 күн бұрын

the best thing that could happen take it out of private companies

@krob2327 29 күн бұрын

Doesn’t promise to improve the trains, just wants control

@tomhenry897 28 күн бұрын

When their out of office and nothing been done but the money been spent

@pacpern9988 29 күн бұрын

What about water and energy?

@mbak7801 26 күн бұрын

BR suffered from massive, and deliberate underinvestment. Yes renationalise but be prepared to spend big. I used Swiss numbers about 5 years ago and the cost of bringing the rail network up to a decent standard came out at around £600 billion. Also in Switzerland if a town wants a station to utilise an existing rail line passing nearby then their local council equivalent would pay for it and a proportion of running costs. National subsidies for main infrastructure, local payments for stations, parking etc. It works very well but needs proper money to do it right.

@HAXXORAUDIO 29 күн бұрын

why is there flouride in the drinking water? Will re-nationalizing utilities remove the flouride from the drinking water, or was it the (so-called) nation that put it there in the first place?

@brawrecords 29 күн бұрын

Hundred percent the right way to go

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

Didn't work last time.

@Bungle-UK 29 күн бұрын

Why?

@simoncox9689 29 күн бұрын

@@T5Zplayer better then it is now ..an the networks that are state owned run better then the private ones at the moment

@davidcooks2379 29 күн бұрын

The best way is to boost competition. I.e. a mix of private and public. They should be small and nimble and flexible.

@jamieparry6420 29 күн бұрын

@T5Zplayer Like it's working now? We spend more on railways and get worse outcomes than countries who have nationalised rail.

@nevillewalker6299 29 күн бұрын

Much better if they started to get some proper managers in the NHS and not waste more tax payers money. I have never ever known a Nationalised operation which has been a success. Back in the 50s I saw huge amounts of tax payers money wasted on the National Coal Board. Anything which Labour gets their hands on will be a disaster.

@hudsonrolfe9633 29 күн бұрын

In May I'm flying from London to Glasgow cos it's cheaper than getting the train. I'm 33 and I've only ever known nationalised rail, which is clearly failing if flights are cheaper

@mbak7801 26 күн бұрын

The NHS is overmanaged. Also they are target driven which causes massive inefficiencies.

@m.bowyer5045 29 күн бұрын

Cannot be done,some of these contracts run until 2030,labour talking a good game,lets see what happens when they are in power.

@Ma55ey 29 күн бұрын

Anyone got any canal walks that they can recommend to Kay Burly?

@ibrar693 29 күн бұрын

And taxi reforms to cross border working in England, when ????

@songscoops4205 29 күн бұрын

Thomas is Happy 😂😂😂

@CC-hx5fz 29 күн бұрын

I haven't been on a train for years. Far too expensive.

@gerardroscoe 29 күн бұрын

That's the problem and the reason it should be renationalised

@CC-hx5fz 29 күн бұрын

@@gerardroscoe we live in the South West. It would have cost £1000s of pounds for our family of four to travel recently to a family funeral in the North East. The privatised companies seem to think this is the cost of paying someone to nip round the carriages with a Hoover. I doubt they pay their cleaning staff that well! They've been charging as much as they can get away with, without any transparency, for far too long.

@todorkolev7565 29 күн бұрын

I hate the labour but they might have a point... No way that a trip from Newbury to London Paddington ought to cost 90 quid, especially THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE!!! Trains can't possibly be more expensive than cars, that's crazy!!!

@murex2murex826 29 күн бұрын

the trains can't do U turns unlike labour

@royhumphrey49 26 күн бұрын

Once again, a Labour Shadow spokesperson that understands her mandate, and promises to deliver. All Conservative ministers seem to have no idea - and no backbone.

@daviddack1595 29 күн бұрын

Why, Labour Nationalise, Torrie's Sell, people always pay the Price.

@fintamaria2429 29 күн бұрын

Bravo 👏👏👏👏

@user-wx6fl3pc1x 26 күн бұрын

I won’t vote Labour, but support privatisation of the railways.

@ssss-df5qz 29 күн бұрын

Everything should be nationalised - all public transport, council services, banks, all of it. At least being the waste of money it will still be, it won't be half as much as in the hands of the private companies who bid the lowest amount.

@smartgorilla 29 күн бұрын

no they dont and no they wont. they dont have a clue

@user-cs1dt2xw4c 24 күн бұрын

Freddie and the dreamers.

@DavidJohnson-dc8lu 29 күн бұрын

If anyone believes this it will prove how unintelligent the voting public are. Less than a year away from the next general elections, Starmer has randomly decided to renationalise British railways when he has never shown any desires to do this before, not even once. The same man who SACKS any MPs who joins the picket lines? Yeah right sure, and I am certain there are still some EU laws in place that prevent certain aspects of British railways from being nationalised for now. All this policy is, is desperation from Starmer's, and there are Union bosses who want Labour in and the Tories out who have probably advised to come up with this lie.

@byrnemeister2008 29 күн бұрын

Nonsense. This has been the clear desire of the Labour Party for decades. Corbyn had it in the manifesto for the last election. The opportunity now is even greater as 4 of the train operators have already collapsed into public ownership.

@byrnemeister2008 29 күн бұрын

Plus most of the railways in Europe are in public ownership. Maybe not direct but through a state run enterprise as is being proposed in this policy.

@DavidJohnson-dc8lu 29 күн бұрын

@@byrnemeister2008 Agreed, but there is a loophole when it comes to fully re-nationalising British railways. Also, if this were true, Starmer would be saying it, he has sent a liar out for him.

@K3NN3H1 29 күн бұрын

its a 'pledge' dont get too hopeful....

@lolly1811 29 күн бұрын

Why are there folk sneezing and walking about scratching their a*Se in the background ?

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

Used to travel privatised GWR and whilst expensive never had the problems this one refers to. Trade unionfilth rubbing their hands with glee. Haigh is just another dishonest Liebour Union mouthpiece. I was a season ticket holder on BR. Terrible. Stupid idea.

@Jase-gb4pb 29 күн бұрын

Labour targeting the youth with an idea that didn't work before it was sold off. Love how Labour fail to mention how badly the railways were when they were nationalised.

@JamJam0189 29 күн бұрын

Cheaper, ran more on time and more efficient back in 1990's before the changes under privatisation, it cost taxpayers less under nationalisation than today.

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

@@JamJam0189 A lie, I was a season ticket holder on BR, it was shite

@chrisd5964 29 күн бұрын

@@JamJam0189British Rail was in profit when it was sold and was very efficient, it’s a great policy from Labour.

@SanTa-wk4ld 29 күн бұрын

That was a very solid performance by the shadow minister. I was impressed.

@daftwod 29 күн бұрын

They should nationalise Sky news

@ebillyboi 29 күн бұрын

The railways had £16 billion in govt furlough money to support all union jobs through the pandemic then the unions strike to bring the govt down...keeping the money

@mbak7801 26 күн бұрын

The union strike is to prevent their pensions from being stolen. The workforce kept the trains running through Covid. The management who worked from home nice and safe rewarded them selves large 'thankyou' bonuses and the staff who took all the risks got nothing. Same old story.

@paullindridge4205 29 күн бұрын

I remember when it was in public ownership I was having to use trains my grandad used to go to the 1st world war

@MattCameron69 29 күн бұрын

Good, about time. On the water companies I would be interested to know how they are going to take these rip off water companies to task without more harm to the tax payer or customers? Core infrastructure and utilities should remain publicly owned for national security reasons if for nothing else.

@daxhausentraveller8488 29 күн бұрын

Did Kay literally say 1979 . WTF . Kay come on love get with the programme .

@solophiesoterica 29 күн бұрын

Do t stop there. All essential modern infrastructure should be nationalised. Only additional services should be capitalised upon. Renationalise the trains, the *full* NHS, electricity, Gas, busses, mail, water….its not about socialism, it’s about reinvestment from profits in the services…not syphoning the profits off to private individuals. The service is the beneficiary, therefore the whole country is benefited.

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

Where do you park your spaceship.

@Bungle-UK 29 күн бұрын

Royal Mail isn’t making any profits.

@callump9228 29 күн бұрын

Don't need a public Royal Mail when competitors are far cheaper and other options have made it obsolete.

@solophiesoterica 27 күн бұрын

@@callump9228 competitors don’t compete for letters.

@callump9228 27 күн бұрын

@@solophiesoterica Plenty of other things I want my government to spend money on, and the Royal Mail is not close to the top of the list.

@TryDiy 29 күн бұрын

I agree that utilities should be Re-nationalised but not trains, I don't use them, those that do should pay for them.

@theythinkimmadyouknow 29 күн бұрын

Does the host not undertans how nationalisation works? Never heard such daft, ill concieved questions and using language like 'its pants' is acceptable? oh boy.

@T5Zplayer 29 күн бұрын

Nationalisation is a curse and left our industrial and utilities permanently damaged.

@danielmansell7494 29 күн бұрын

Vote Labour simple I back Labour

@CC-hx5fz 29 күн бұрын

I'll consider voting Labour, if and when they reinstate the policy on Proportional Representation that members voted for. I'm a member, btw, but I have to vote for one of the smaller parties for the forseeable future.

@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C 29 күн бұрын

The Tories have already nationalised parts of the railway

@henben9215 29 күн бұрын

Labour government, always 10 years behind

@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C 29 күн бұрын

@@henben9215 And the Tories have always been Hypocrites

@henben9215 29 күн бұрын

@@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C indeed, but Labour party would be no better, Sir starmer isn’t any better

@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C 29 күн бұрын

@@henben9215 nonsense the Tory party under Cameron's austerity back to work scheme killed 120.000 mostly sick and disabled before Ian Duncan Smith crawled off in Shame from the DWP labour aren't the same as the Tories

@simoncox9689 29 күн бұрын

@@henben9215 wont know till they in..they where much better last time that tories

@countryside_guy 29 күн бұрын

Pledge all they like, it's just words and all politicians words are lies.

@robinburn4974 29 күн бұрын

Great I've so missed the dirty carriages and the curled up cheese sandwiches 🤣🤣

@jb-zr4ez 29 күн бұрын

Having recently been in a carriage where someone had pissed on a couple of seats I don't think a lot has improved really.

@robinburn4974 29 күн бұрын

@@jb-zr4ez But on the plus side the sandwiches have improved 🤣

@mbak7801 26 күн бұрын

BR was starved of money. Nationalise yes but spend circa 600 billion to get rid of all the worn out infrastructure and make a modern European standard railway.

@lw1zfog 29 күн бұрын

🥴🤦🏽‍♂️🤡

@B-Byte 29 күн бұрын

I love the interviewer. Doesn’t give her own opinion, and gets lots of information from interviewee

@richardtuxford1812 3 күн бұрын

This is satire yeh?

@Festivejelly 29 күн бұрын

Christ does she realise what she looks like.

@Bungle-UK 29 күн бұрын

A woman with pink hair really is not the solution to anything.

@Drunkenmeows 29 күн бұрын

Now ACTUALLY a reason to vote for labour!

@UKsoldier45 29 күн бұрын

Shouldn't be about nationalisation but the rapid development of small, community lines that will connect to the main network.

@matthewsarson6934 29 күн бұрын

Which would make no damn difference at the current ticket prices. I have a local one in my village and no one will touch it, because driving is many, many times cheaper.

@paulhollis8879 29 күн бұрын

Listening to this cliched waffle from another union-sponsored drone. I remember BR well and it was very poor.

@runtothehills8992 29 күн бұрын

St Patrick's Day was in March, Dear.

@JamJam0189 29 күн бұрын

Sorry didn't know green clothing was banned if it's isn't St. Patrick's Day. Railways were nationalised after WW2 by the Labour government of Atlee, they remained so for many years including during the days of both Conservative and Labour governments even durign Thatcher! British Rail were axed under the 1990's and railways were privatised under John Major, it led to much higher prices and worst services. Labour back nationalised railways during the 80's and early 90's until Blair, then Corbyn back nationalisation in 2017 and 2019 so good to see it back on the agenda in 2024.