To generate his own voice, complete with Yorkshire Accent. And nick has the weather. It is icy see in a few spots this morning and some patches of fog around i have this full report. Good morning. First, our main story. Train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. The Commons Transport Committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. Theyre calling on the Department For Transport to give up some of its powers. Rob young reports. Dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. Mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. They say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to Train Companies. The commons Committee Says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. National express used to be the biggest Train Company
To generate his own voice, complete with Yorkshire Accent. And nick has the weather. It is icy see in a few spots this morning and some patches of fog around i have this full report. Good morning. First, our main story. Train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. The Commons Transport Committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. Theyre calling on the Department For Transport to give up some of its powers. Rob young reports. Dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. Mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. They say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to Train Companies. The commons Committee Says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. National express used to be the biggest Train Company
To generate his own voice, complete with Yorkshire Accent. And nick has the weather. It is icy see in a few spots this morning and some patches of fog around i have this full report. Good morning. First, our main story. Train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. The Commons Transport Committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. Theyre calling on the Department For Transport to give up some of its powers. Rob young reports. Dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. Mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. They say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to Train Companies. The commons Committee Says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. National express used to be the biggest Train Company
Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we