Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the speech of eternal ‘rubbish’

Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves given the economy the growth serum it needs, or is she on a planet looking increasingly like it’s far, far away?

Great British Railways could have the ‘scale and impact’ of the NHS. Seriously?!

And the Transport Select Committee grills the Chair of Shadow GBR and the Rail Minister on progress setting up the new organisation – and we ask – have they made any?!

In this episode:

00:00 Intro
00:55 Rachel Reeves speech on economic growth
14:34 GBR to have ‘scale and impact of NHS’?
22:02 What progress on creating Great British Railways?
52:06 Thanks to Super Thanks and Members
53:29 Railway News Round-Up
53:34 Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s plans for Bee Network
54:57 Colour blind train drivers
56:00 Darlington station upgrade
57:11 Manchester Oxford Road consultation
59:53 The Quiz
01:03:22 National Trust greener travel free cuppa