Labour pledge to overhaul railway network within five years

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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[@bewlaybrother4460]

The utilities certainly should be renationalised. I'm all in favour of transport too. I think that's it really.

[@T5Zplayer]

I lived through nationalisation, it left permanent damage to our industrial base and utilities.

[@simoncox9689]

@@T5Zplayer no it did not..atleast not look now just look at the state an cost of it all

[@daftwod]

We need to build hotels on old Kent road

[@T5Zplayer]

@@simoncox9689 I really fail to understand comments like yours. Many industries failed to modernise under nationalisation. I had first hand experience of this working on the Modernisation programme for British Shipbuilders

[@Harryjw67]

@@T5Zplayerutilities and infrastructure being nationalised is much different to companies that shouldn’t have been nationalised like ship building, no one’s asking to bring back British Leyland, we just want ownership of the (failing) private utilities and railways (natural monopolies)

[@andrewpandrew-sn7by]

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]

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

[@Thomas06992]

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

[@nbarrett100]

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]

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]

LNER is the best run line

[@justinjoseph8491]

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

[@T5Zplayer]

Daft idea

[@justinjoseph8491]

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

[@T5Zplayer]

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

[@thetruth156real3]

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

[@hudsonrolfe9633]

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

[@krob2327]

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

[@kawallabair3216]

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

[@JamJam0189]

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]

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

[@JamJam0189]

@@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]

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

[@Durka-Durka01]

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

[@Jamal-Ahmed786]

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

[@MrLaking123]

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

[@user-wx6fl3pc1x]

Fare prices are a ripoff.

[@HAXXORAUDIO]

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?

[@tomhenry897]

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

[@mbak7801]

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.

[@pacpern9988]

What about water and energy?

[@m.bowyer5045]

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

[@nevillewalker6299]

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]

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]

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

[@B-Byte]

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

[@ibrar693]

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

[@jamieparry6420]

Ridiculous interviewer.

[@Ma55ey]

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

[@CC-hx5fz]

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

[@gerardroscoe]

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

[@CC-hx5fz]

@@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]

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!!!

[@songscoops4205]

Thomas is Happy 😂😂😂

[@daviddack1595]

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

[@murex2murex826]

the trains can't do U turns unlike labour

[@ssss-df5qz]

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.

[@royhumphrey49]

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.

[@K3NN3H1]

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

[@smartgorilla]

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

[@fintamaria2429]

Bravo 👏👏👏👏

[@user-cs1dt2xw4c]

Freddie and the dreamers.

[@T5Zplayer]

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.

[@daftwod]

They should nationalise Sky news

[@brawrecords]

Hundred percent the right way to go

[@T5Zplayer]

Didn't work last time.

[@Bungle-UK]

Why?

[@simoncox9689]

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

[@davidcooks2379]

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

[@jamieparry6420]

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

[@MattCameron69]

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.

[@Jase-gb4pb]

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]

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]

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

[@chrisd5964]

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

[@lolly1811]

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

[@daxhausentraveller8488]

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

[@paullindridge4205]

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

[@SanTa-wk4ld]

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

[@ebillyboi]

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]

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.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

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]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@solophiesoterica]

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]

Where do you park your spaceship.

[@Bungle-UK]

Royal Mail isn’t making any profits.

[@callump9228]

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

[@solophiesoterica]

@@callump9228 competitors don’t compete for letters.

[@callump9228]

@@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]

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

[@theythinkimmadyouknow]

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]

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

[@user-wx6fl3pc1x]

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

[@UKsoldier45]

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

[@matthewsarson6934]

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.

[@countryside_guy]

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

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

The Tories have already nationalised parts of the railway

[@henben9215]

Labour government, always 10 years behind

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

@@henben9215 And the Tories have always been Hypocrites

[@henben9215]

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

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

@@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]

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

[@lw1zfog]

🥴🤦🏽‍♂️🤡

[@Bungle-UK]

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

[@paulhollis8879]

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

[@danielmansell7494]

Vote Labour simple I back Labour

[@CC-hx5fz]

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.

[@robinburn4974]

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

[@jb-zr4ez]

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]

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

[@mbak7801]

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.

[@thetruthful8388]

Look at the past, the best railway system is when it is private hands.

[@KingCharles3]

look at today, the worst railways system is in private hands

[@T5Zplayer]

@@KingCharles3 Nope, worse when nationalised

[@Festivejelly]

Christ does she realise what she looks like.

[@Drunkenmeows]

Now ACTUALLY a reason to vote for labour!

[@runtothehills8992]

St Patrick's Day was in March, Dear.

[@JamJam0189]

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.

[@katejackson7432]

horay! notionalise water too

[@ChangeMachene]

Has this Woman 👩🏼‍🦰 Ever been on a Train 🚂