Labour will stick with plans to nationalise the railways if it wins the next election - despite dropping a pledge to do the same for utility firms.
Keir Starmer said that with so much of the railways already in state hands it would be "pragmatic" for that to remain the case if he makes it into No 10.
But he was forced to clarify his position after Rachel Reeves suggested Labour would not go into the next election promising to take
rail, water and energy firms into public ownership.
