Labour call for cap on rail fares

Parliamentary candidates and councillors from the Labour party are launching a petition today, Monday, January 6 calling for a cap on rail fare rises across all routes. Labour’s general election candidates and campaigners will bring the petition to railway stations in Berkshire, Hampshire, Buckin

Mitchell Orriss

Parliamentary candidates and councillors from the Labour party are launching a petition today, Monday, January 6 calling for a cap on rail fare rises across all routes.

Mary Creagh MP, Labour's Secretary of State for Transport — Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Secretary of State for Transport

Labour’s general election candidates and campaigners will bring the petition to railway stations in Berkshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, West Sussex, Surrey, East Sussex and Kent to gather support and restrict inflation on rail fare hikes which has risen up to 20% since 2010. This year fares will increase by an average 3.1% outside of greater London, 3.2% from Reading to London while in Deal and Dover passengers will have to pay £5,012 a year, up from £4,864. Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Secretary of State for Transport will be meeting with commuters on January 6 in Dover and Deal to listen to their concerns.Meanwhile, Gordon Marsden, Labour’s Shadow Transport Minister was in Crawley today with Chris Oxlade, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate speaking with commuters during the morning rush hour at Three Bridges station. Mary Creagh said: “David Cameron’s cost-of-living crisis continues as fares rise this week by up to five per cent, while season tickets have gone up by twenty per cent under this Government, costing hard-working commuters hundreds of pounds.“Over the last three years David Cameron has failed to stand up for working people, allowing train companies to hit passengers with inflation-busting fare rises of up to nine per cent.”

Support independent LGBTQ+ journalism

Scene was founded in Brighton in 1993, at a time when news stories about Pride protests were considered radical.

Since then, Scene has remained proudly independent, building a platform for queer voices. Every subscription helps us to report on the stories that matter to LGBTQ+ people across the UK and beyond.

Your support funds our journalists and contributes to Pride Community Foundation’s grant-making and policy work.

Labour call for cap on rail fares

Parliamentary candidates and councillors from the Labour party are launching a petition today, Monday, January 6 calling for a cap on rail fare rises across all routes.

Mitchell Orriss —

Member discussion

Labour call for cap on rail fares

Parliamentary candidates and councillors from the Labour party are launching a petition today, Monday, January 6 calling for a cap on rail fare rises across all routes.

Mitchell Orriss —

Similar topics

They said we were finished. They were wrong

"Kevin will be deeply missed by so many". Kevin Coyle, founder of Drag Bus, has passed away

Kim Leadbeater MP compares assisted dying debate to gay marriage reform

Decade-old clip shows Trump once backed trans bathroom access

Rapist sentenced to life for deliberately infecting other men with HIV

Kezia Dugdale addresses JK Rowling remarks following appointment as Stonewall Chair