RAILSCOT | Grant Shapps and Rishi Sunak clash over flexible rail tickets plan [The Sun]

Grant Shapps and Rishi Sunak clash over flexible rail tickets plan [The Sun]

Date: 29/12/2020

Transport chiefs have written to rail firms to demand they introduce flexible season tickets next year. But Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is facing a standoff with Chancellor Rishi Sunak over the plans.

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TRANSPORT chiefs have written to rail firms to demand they introduce flexible season tickets next year. But Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is facing a standoff with Chancellor Rishi Sunak over th

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Grant Shapps and Rishi Sunak clash over flexible rail tickets plan [The Sun]

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