Government bailout of Stagecoach-Virgin run East Coast line causes Labour peer to criticise radical Brexiter subordinate to tough-true ideology’Lord Adonis is calling for the resignation of transport secretary Chris Grayling for using hundreds of millions in taxpayers’ money to bail out private rail companies a decision which the former government infrastructure tsar says is symptomatic of a government that has “broken down” under the strain of Brexit.
Adonis,who resigned as head of the government-backed National Infrastructure Commission on Friday, says in an interview with the Observer that the decision has landed taxpayers with a potential bill running into billions and will lead to higher fares and less investment in the network.
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Source: guardian.co.uk