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| Jeremy Corbyn urges DfT to stop rail fare rises and highlights absurdity of foreign state-owned firms owning UK railways | Jeremy Corbyn urges DfT to stop rail fare rises and highlights absurdity of foreign state-owned firms owning UK railways |
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| Jeremy Corbyn has called on the Department for Transport to step in and reverse the ever-increasing rise in rail fares as he reiterated his pledge to renationalise the railways. | Jeremy Corbyn has called on the Department for Transport to step in and reverse the ever-increasing rise in rail fares as he reiterated his pledge to renationalise the railways. |
| The Labour leader joined protesters at the Rail Rip Off campaign outside Kings Cross station in London following the 1.1 per cent increase in regulated ticket prices at the weekend. | The Labour leader joined protesters at the Rail Rip Off campaign outside Kings Cross station in London following the 1.1 per cent increase in regulated ticket prices at the weekend. |
| British commuters pay up to six times as much as their counterparts in France, Germany and Holland, whose governments own large parts of Britain’s railways. | British commuters pay up to six times as much as their counterparts in France, Germany and Holland, whose governments own large parts of Britain’s railways. |
| Mr Corbyn said it was absurd that parts of the railways in the UK were allowed to be owned by state-owned companies abroad and said a Labour government would bring train operators back under public ownership once their franchises expire. | Mr Corbyn said it was absurd that parts of the railways in the UK were allowed to be owned by state-owned companies abroad and said a Labour government would bring train operators back under public ownership once their franchises expire. |
| Ed Miliband pledged at the election to allow the public sector to challenge private operators to take on the running of rail franchises but Mr Corbyn would go further and renationalise them. | Ed Miliband pledged at the election to allow the public sector to challenge private operators to take on the running of rail franchises but Mr Corbyn would go further and renationalise them. |
| Speaking at King's Cross on Monday morning, when most people experienced the latest fare increase for the first time, he said renationalisation would be the only way to ensure the railways were affordable for everyone. | |
| “Fare rises have gone up yet again, the railways are becoming less and less affordable for lots of people, many that have bought property or moved to either the suburbs of London or further away or the suburbs of many of our major cities, have moved further out and are then stuck with having to pay very high fares to get in and out of work,” he told LBC Radio. | |
| “If it goes on like this then people will go back to road transport, we go to greater congestion. | “If it goes on like this then people will go back to road transport, we go to greater congestion. |
| “The railways are a sustainable, good form of transport and they should be affordable for all. | “The railways are a sustainable, good form of transport and they should be affordable for all. |
| “We have the most expensive railways in Europe and some of them are publicly owned but unfortunately not by the British public. | “We have the most expensive railways in Europe and some of them are publicly owned but unfortunately not by the British public. |
| “They’re owned by the Dutch, the French, the German public; what we want is the train operative companies brought into public ownership as their franchises expire. | “They’re owned by the Dutch, the French, the German public; what we want is the train operative companies brought into public ownership as their franchises expire. |
| “But in the meantime we want the Department for Transport to get hold of the fare structure so that commuting is affordable, so that railways are affordable for all.” | “But in the meantime we want the Department for Transport to get hold of the fare structure so that commuting is affordable, so that railways are affordable for all.” |
| He refused to talk about mounting speculation that he is preparing a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle to remove internal critics. | He refused to talk about mounting speculation that he is preparing a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle to remove internal critics. |
| But notably he did not deny that he was planning a reshuffle. | But notably he did not deny that he was planning a reshuffle. |
| “I’m not talking about the reshuffle this morning. No words about the reshuffle whatsoever,” he said. | “I’m not talking about the reshuffle this morning. No words about the reshuffle whatsoever,” he said. |