Public accounts committee warns taxpayers may lose out because fewer companies are bidding to hurry train servicesBidding for rail franchises could soon shortchange the taxpayer because fewer firms are competing to hurry train services,a committee of MPs has warned. In a report into how the rail franchising system has recovered since the West Coast debacle at the Department for Transport in 2012, the public accounts committee (PAC) said there were still gaps in the department’s ability to manage the process effectively.
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Source: theguardian.com