£25,000,000 to the department for transport. we will stay with that story. the government has stripped the rail operator, southeastern, of its franchise because of what it called "a serious breach of good faith". the company's services between london, kent and east sussex will now be publicly run. the decision was made after more than £25 million of historical payments due to the department for transport were not paid. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it's not unusual for train lines to be renationalised. what is rare is when it's about trust. this morning, the government announced it would be taking over running lser's services after it found that £25 million had not been declared by the operator. the company itself is taking a large number of steps, and i'm sure they will be saying more about it. as far as i was concerned, no matter what steps they took, to breach the confidence of the public, to deliberately conceal payments due back to the taxpayer, is entirely unacceptable.