• THE Scottish Green Party are proposing to spend £22billion on a package of improvements to the Scottish railways as part of its “rail for all plans” for better community transport links and emissions cuts.

New stations would be opened up across Scotland alongside faster links between cities. Furthermore 16,800 jobs would be created in the construction of new rail infrastructure.

And further operational jobs would be created on the expanded network. So what about similar plans for England – taking account of England’s greater population?

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