Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel – UK politics live

<p>Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businesses</p><p>After Labour came into power in July 2024, legislation was passed to renationalise all passenger trains when contractually allowed, a process that is due to conclude by the end of 2027.</p><p>However, the major “rolling stock” companies (Eversholt, Porterbrook and Angel Trains) – who own and lease carriages and engines – remain privately run. They typically lease rolling stock to the train operating companies who then deploy it on their services.</p><p><em>Huge sums of money are being taken out of our railway in profits and dividends by private rolling stock companies. A lot of it ends up in offshore tax havens. We need to keep that money on the track, not send it offshore.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/18/disabled-people-england-bus-travel-andy-burnham-labour-reform-nigel-farage-conservatives-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a>