UK Labour Shelves Manifesto Pledge to Renationalise Rail, Mail, Energy, Water

UK Labour Shelves Manifesto Pledge to Renationalise Rail, Mail, Energy, Water
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech on Labour’s plans for growing the UK economy in Liverpool on July 25, 2022. Danny Lawson/PA Media
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Monday said he’s “pragmatic” about renationalising transport and utilities after his shadow chancellor said the 2019 manifesto pledge had been “scrapped.”

It comes as Great Manchester’s Labour Mayor Andy Burnham hailed the rejection of a legal challenge to his decision to bring bus services across northern England under public control.

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