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Simon Calder

Train strikes: Taxpayers ‘paid £300k per rail worker’ during Covid, says transport secretary

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The transport secretary has claimed taxpayers paid more than £300,000 to keep each rail worker in their job during the Covid pandemic – and insisted that “reform of the rail industry” is essential.

Mark Harper was answering questions from by MPs on the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday morning.

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