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Topic1Victoria WhittleLabour Party
Transport and roads
  • Party’s national policy, not Victoria Whittle’s own commitment
  • Source: Manifesto Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to reform the railways and bring them into public ownership. We will put passengers at the heart of the service by reforming the railways and bringing them into public ownership.
    We will put passengers at the heart of the service by reforming the railways and bringing them into public ownership.

    Labour Party, 2024-06-13 · Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Kickstart economic growth

  • Source: Manifesto Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged new powers for local leaders to franchise bus services and to lift the ban on councils owning bus companies. Building on the work of Labour mayors, we will reform the broken system through new powers for local leaders to franchise local bus services, and we will lift the ban on municipal ownership.
    Building on the work of Labour mayors, we will reform the broken system through new powers for local leaders to franchise local bus services, and we will lift the ban on municipal ownership.

    Labour Party, 2024-06-13 · Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Kickstart economic growth

  • Source: Manifesto Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to fix an extra one million potholes in England each year of the parliament, paid for by deferring the A27 bypass. We will fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament, funded by deferring the A27 bypass, which is poor value for money.
    We will fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament, funded by deferring the A27 bypass, which is poor value for money.

    Labour Party, 2024-06-13 · Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Kickstart economic growth

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