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UK rail spending benefits economy more than regulator’s models show, RMT says

Britain’s biggest workers’ union says current productivity calculations are flawed and change would enable more investment

Ministers should change the way they calculate the value of spending in the rail industry to enable greater investment in future, Britain’s biggest rail workers’ union has argued. 

The RMT said wider economic benefits from rail spending should be factored into models used by the sector regulator in order to end the disincentives they pose to investment.

“We want to fire the starting gun on a genuine debate about what productivity really means in rail and how a strong, unified railway can help grow Britain’s economy,” said Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary. 

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