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Rail privatisation has failed.

Content: Don't be conned - The Tories are not on your side. Rail privatisation has failed. What the Tory government told us: "I anticipate the level of subsidy will be about the same. It'll then fall, because we're getting better value for money from
the people who bid for the franchises than we got from British Rail,
so the taxpayer will eventually save money, not lose money." - George Young, Secretary of State for Transport, speaking in 1996. "The fares will be lower, following privatisation, than they were before." - John Major, Prime Minister, 20 March 1997. The reality: Annual subsidy to British Rail before privatisation: