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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Calls to assess and rank existing rail franchise agreements rejected by MPs

MPs have rejected calls from peers for the Government to assess and rank rail franchise agreements based on performance (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

MPs have rejected calls from peers for the Government to assess and rank rail franchise agreements based on performance.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh argued that assessing franchises as part of the Government’s plans to nationalise the railways would create “unnecessary cost” to taxpayers.

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