Ownership of the British railway system has been a political hot potato for decades now. It was first nationalised (AKA, ...

“Labour has done the sensible thing,” said Roger Ford, industry and technology editor of Modern Railways, a specialist rail ...

The Herald on Sunday can reveal that the nationalised shipyard failed to get over the first hurdle in trying to win a £105m contract for new lifeline ships for Islay even though ministers again ...

The chief executive of nationalised Scottish shipyard Ferguson Marine has been sacked only two years into the job after warning of further delays to a crucial CalMac ferry project. David Tydeman ...

Thames Water is facing a fresh crisis as investors have backed out of plans to inject £500m emergency funding into the struggling company. The announcement from the utility firm on 28 March has ...

Northern leaders have called for Avanti West Coast’s train services to be nationalised as its performance is “too short of expectations”. Transport for the North (TfN), a body which provides ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said renationalising energy companies should be "on the table" to tackle the crisis caused by rising power costs. Scotland's first minister warned a "looming disaster" was set ...

Exclusive: Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh tells Derbyshire Live about her plan for a turbo-charged Great British ...

It was first nationalised (AKA, brought into public ownership) by Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1948, and later reprivatised by Conservative PM John Major in 1993 under the Railways Act.

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