Union slams Scottish government's PFI-style ScotRail deal

RAIL union Aslef has slammed the Scottish government’s decision to use PFI-style leasing to replace ScotRail’s rolling stock as “economic vandalism.”

The union had backed proposals to use a combination of borrowing powers and raising a “green bond” to finance the new trains as recommended in a recent report compiled by academics at the University of Glasgow.

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