A bold vision for water, environment and transport

If Labour wins the next election, it will to transform the water, environment and transport industries, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald promised UNISON activists at the union’s WET service group conference in Brighton. He told delegates that the relentless pursuit of profit over public service will end and the water utilities and railways will be renationalised. There will also be a new agenda for buses, promoting municipally owned companies, new routes and cheaper fares. The party is already working with the Labour-controlled metropolitan authorities on plans to transform cities so that emissions will be reduced and city centres will not be clogged with vehicles, he said. The focus will be upon increasing public transport, cycling and walking and buses will be key to the programme’s success. “This government has reduced tax incentives on low emission vehicles, increased its road building programme and cut support for bus services,” said Mr McDonald. “While around 1.7 billion train journeys are made by train each year, there are about five billion journeys made by bus. More women, the socially excluded and isolated communities rely on buses to get around,” he continued. “Buses can make the difference between people getting to work or not. “The Tories have done their best to destroy bus services and push them into a spiral of decline through disastrous deregulation, the catastrophic loss of services and fare rises.” If Labour wins the next election, ...
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