Would nationalisation get the railways back on track?
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🗓️ 25 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky's political correspondent Sam Coates to discuss the details of Labour's plan and assess if a Great British Railway would be more efficient and cost-effective than the current privatised system.Â
Niall also speaks to the editor of Rail magazine, Nigel Harris, to discuss the current state of our railways and what he believes needs to change.  Â
Elsewhere in politics, the Scottish government has ended its power-sharing agreement with the Greens. Sky's Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies discusses the implications of this for both parties – including a motion of no confidence in First Minister Humza Yousaf.  Â
Producers: Iona Brunker, Soila Apparicio, Emma Rae WoodhouseÂ
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:08.0 | I'm Neil Patterson. |
| 1:09.7 | Welcome to the Sky News Daily. |
| 1:14.2 | A lot is happening in politics at the moment, north and south of the border. |
| 1:18.6 | Later, we'll find out what's occurring in Holyrood with our Scotland correspondent, |
| 1:24.1 | as the SMP's Humza Yusuf brings to an end his coalition agreement with the Greens, |
| 1:28.3 | and now it is the first minister whose future could well be in jeopardy. |
| 1:34.3 | But we start, as many of you will be ending your day, on the trains, or at least Labour's plans in government to get them working properly. The opposition says it will nationalise, |
| 1:39.4 | re-nationalise, in fact, most passenger rail services within five years. |
| 1:45.0 | Here's Shadow Transport Secretary, Louise Hague. |
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