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| Southern rail: Jeremy Corbyn calls on government to renationalise | Southern rail: Jeremy Corbyn calls on government to renationalise |
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| Ministers should renationalise the Southern rail service, following weeks of disruption for passengers, Jeremy Corbyn has said. | Ministers should renationalise the Southern rail service, following weeks of disruption for passengers, Jeremy Corbyn has said. |
| The Labour leader said the "misery" that those travelling to London had faced made a "very good case" for a change of ownership. | The Labour leader said the "misery" that those travelling to London had faced made a "very good case" for a change of ownership. |
| Southern passengers have faced delays, cancellations and a reduced timetable amid staff shortages and strikes. | Southern passengers have faced delays, cancellations and a reduced timetable amid staff shortages and strikes. |
| The operator is in a dispute with the RMT union over the role of guards. | The operator is in a dispute with the RMT union over the role of guards. |
| Two days of talks aimed at averting a five-day strike by the union are due to begin later at the conciliation service Acas. | |
| Southern has promised to run 60% of its normal timetable if the strike, due to begin on Monday, goes ahead. | Southern has promised to run 60% of its normal timetable if the strike, due to begin on Monday, goes ahead. |
| The company is also facing fresh strike action after the TSSA union said it would be balloting workers in a dispute over ticket office closures. | |
| 'Enormous mistake' | 'Enormous mistake' |
| "I want to see Southern back in public ownership. I don't believe it's fulfilling its obligations under the franchise it was given, " Mr Corbyn said at a leadership rally in Brighton. | "I want to see Southern back in public ownership. I don't believe it's fulfilling its obligations under the franchise it was given, " Mr Corbyn said at a leadership rally in Brighton. |
| He said that it was a "enormous mistake" not to take all the train operating franchises back into public ownership after the 2001 collapse of the company then running the network, Railtrack, and he re-stated his commitment to renationalise each train service as its contract expires. | He said that it was a "enormous mistake" not to take all the train operating franchises back into public ownership after the 2001 collapse of the company then running the network, Railtrack, and he re-stated his commitment to renationalise each train service as its contract expires. |
| At the rally, Mr Corbyn also said the government should have intervened to prevent the financial difficulties at the retailer BHS, which went into administration in April. | At the rally, Mr Corbyn also said the government should have intervened to prevent the financial difficulties at the retailer BHS, which went into administration in April. |
| Earlier, Mr Corbyn said he was disappointed at an attack on him by David Blanchflower, an economist who has resigned from the committee advising the shadow chancellor John McDonnell. | Earlier, Mr Corbyn said he was disappointed at an attack on him by David Blanchflower, an economist who has resigned from the committee advising the shadow chancellor John McDonnell. |
| Mr Blanchflower said Mr Corbyn had no credible economic policy and was more interested in addressing rallies than leading the party to power. | Mr Blanchflower said Mr Corbyn had no credible economic policy and was more interested in addressing rallies than leading the party to power. |
| Mr Corbyn said: "I'm disappointed because he was helping us, we were developing and are continuing to develop a very strong and very credible economic policy which is about dealing with inequality in Britain and the need for investment in Britain by the promotion of a National Investment Bank." | Mr Corbyn said: "I'm disappointed because he was helping us, we were developing and are continuing to develop a very strong and very credible economic policy which is about dealing with inequality in Britain and the need for investment in Britain by the promotion of a National Investment Bank." |
| He spoke to about 500 people outside the rally, standing on top of a fire engine, before addressing 1,000 inside the event. | He spoke to about 500 people outside the rally, standing on top of a fire engine, before addressing 1,000 inside the event. |
| Scores of his fans, many wearing "Jeremy for Labour" or "I love Jeremy" t-shirts, queued for hours to get a seat at the rally in the Hilton Metropole. | Scores of his fans, many wearing "Jeremy for Labour" or "I love Jeremy" t-shirts, queued for hours to get a seat at the rally in the Hilton Metropole. |
| Meanwhile Mr Corbyn's challenger for the party leadership, Owen Smith, will promise the "biggest boost to living standards for a generation" with a pay rise for five million workers if he becomes the next prime minister. | Meanwhile Mr Corbyn's challenger for the party leadership, Owen Smith, will promise the "biggest boost to living standards for a generation" with a pay rise for five million workers if he becomes the next prime minister. |
| The party would push the minimum wage up to £8.25 and force employers to give it to all adults on the payroll, not just those over 25, he is expected to pledge at a speech in Milton Keynes later. | The party would push the minimum wage up to £8.25 and force employers to give it to all adults on the payroll, not just those over 25, he is expected to pledge at a speech in Milton Keynes later. |