Date: 22/10/2022

Failed franchises are causing daily misery and costing local economies billions. If this was London, it would be a national scandal. If you want to truly understand the full extent of this country's present dysfunction, forget about the chaos going on in Westminster and instead spend a day trying to travel across the north of England.

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Think Westminsters a mess? Its nothing compared to the norths mismanaged rail system | Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram

The Guardian

Failed franchises are causing daily misery and costing billions, say Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool city region

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