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Insourcing is essential for rail nationalisation | Letter

Outsourcing perpetuates a two-tier workforce, undermines the goals of public ownership and drains public funds, writes Eddie Dempsey, while Alan Whitehouse says privatisation hasn’t kept costs downSarah Nankivell is correct when she says that rail nationalisation must succeed (A great prize, but a great risk: why we all need the nationalised South Western Railway to work, 28 May). While the nationalisation of South Western Railway and the government’s commitment to a publicly owned Great British Railways are welcome first steps, this is not the end of the line.The continued outsourcing of essential services – such as track and train improvements, cleaning, security and elements of station staffing – perpetuates a two-tier workforce and undermines the goals of public ownership. These outsourced roles often come with poverty wages, a lack of sick pay and inadequate pension provisions, disproportionately affecting workers from black and minority ethnic communities. Continue reading...

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