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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nimo Omer

Friday briefing: Why Labour just pledged to renationalise the railways – and how it might work

Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on a train to the Selby by-election in 2023.
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on a train to the Selby by-election in 2023. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

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One of the big criticisms directed at Labour has been the lack of clarity on the party’s policies and priorities. The ambiguity has only been made worse by the astonishing number of high profile U-turns Keir Starmer’s party has undertaken. From scrapping its £28bn green pledge to moving away from right to roam commitments, dropping its bankers bonus cap and watering down universal childcare proposals, there seems to be nothing that is safe from Starmer’s chopping block.

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