A new report is calling for groups of councils to be given more power over failing rail services and to ‘recall’ franchises. The New Local Government Network wants clusters of authorities to be able to hold franchises to account, including the right to trigger a review of their contracts. It follows the recent decision temporarily to take the franchise for the East Coast mainline back into public ownership.
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