Great Britain: The Labor government wants to nationalize the railways

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged in his first government statement to try to restore relations between Great Britain and other European countries, which have been partially frozen since Brexit. “The government will work to improve the UK's trade and investment relationships with the European Union,” a government statement said.

The government wants a new defense deal with the EU to deal with new threats. Former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May argued one Defense agreement already in 2017.

As for Ukraine The new government will continue to support the country and play an important role as a member of Ukraine's NATO security alliance.

The most important proposals in the new government's program mean that the state will have a very important role. Labor wants a state-owned company to take over transport on the country's railways. When the existing contracts with the government expire, the private railway companies will have to switch over to state ownership. The new Great British Railways was responsible for both railway tracks and traffic.

Bus service was also disrupted In the 1980s, social ownership was to gain more. Today, prices and schedules are usually determined by private companies. For them, the epidemic was a hard blow. Bus traffic has not yet returned to pre-2020 levels.

Labor wants more municipalities and regions, such as London and Manchester, to be given the chance to run bus services under their own auspices.

The government has every opportunity to implement its proposals. Of the 650 members of the House of Commons, 411 members belong to the Labor Party. The leading opposition Conservative Tories won just 121 seats.

As for the second chamber of the 790-member upper house of parliament, the new government wants to modernize it. Among other things, it was proposed that lords who had taken their place in the House of Lords should no longer have the right to vote. However, a proposal for all peerages to retire when they reach 80 is not included in Labour's plan.

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