25-04-2024, 08:56 AM in response to #42991
25-04-2024, 08:56 AM in response to #42991 25-04-2024, 08:58 AM in response to #42993
If no one is interested in politics, why does everyone post here?
25-04-2024, 09:03 AM in response to #42993 25-04-2024, 09:12 AM in response to #42971 25-04-2024, 09:15 AM in response to #42977 Ian B Wrote: Pension rights were a big thing when BR was privatised, and the private sector Railways Pension Scheme enacted then is worth millions. What would happen to it on renationalisation? I'd assume it would remain or it would be 'frozen' while staff then contributed to a new scheme. Pensions haven't stopped anything with my brother's work that seems to move in and out of the public sector every 5 years depending on the whims of those in Govt. 25-04-2024, 09:26 AM in response to #42998 Greek Card Wrote: Louise Haigh has just admitted that they won't be making a commitment to lower fares. Those demanding simplified fares expect the Treasury to chuck in billions more (hahahahaha) so that no one loses. Reality is that simplifying fares will mean that the rich and businesses will pay less and those getting bargains will pay more. 25-04-2024, 10:01 AM in response to #43003 Meerkat Wrote: Those demanding simplified fares expect the Treasury to chuck in billions more (hahahahaha) so that no one loses. They’ve said they’ll keep open access (i think that was the term) so any private sector firm can get involved and be super efficient and offer lower fares. 25-04-2024, 10:36 AM in response to #42994 25-04-2024, 12:53 PM in response to #42993
I was pleasantly suprised to find most of the Tory voters at work are not opposed to this. They accept rail and water privarisation has failed so are fine with them being renationalised.
25-04-2024, 02:11 PM in response to #43007 Dave (Barra) Wrote: They’ve said they’ll keep open access (i think that was the term) so any private sector firm can get involved and be super efficient and offer lower fares. They have contracts, so can’t get rid of them immediately. But they will because the open access operators offer lower fares (partly coz they don’t have to suffer ancient union practices) and that stops the state operator price gouging. Or rather reduces it, as state run LNER is still whacking up fares to go on their uncomfortable trains. |
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