Lord Adonis has called for Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to quit over his handling of the East Coast rail franchise as the fallout from the peer’s resignation as infrastructure tsar continued. But he also said he would have been compelled to quit over the East Coast row. A new East Coast Partnership will take on responsibility for both intercity trains and track operations on the route in 2020. Lord Adonis urged other senior figures to follow his lead in speaking out about the Government’s approach to Brexit. It’s difficult to see how Mr Grayling can survive if Lord Adonis’ accusations are correct.”

Source: Daily Mail December 31, 2017 08:08 UTC