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Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledges to renationalise rail travel

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh addresses the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

She criticises the state of the rail network under Tory government, pledges that a Labour government would deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 in full, highlights Avanti West Coast as the UK's worst provider - who were than handed £19m in funding despite repeated failiures and pledges to renationalise the railways.

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