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The Independent UK
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Craig Paton

EXPLAINED: Serco losing sleeper contract presents opportunity for public ownership msp - The Real Truth

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The contract with the firm running the Caledonian Sleeper will end in June of next year, the Scottish Government has said, with a senior SNP MSP claiming there is an “opportunity” for public ownership.

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth said in an answer to a parliamentary question that a new contract with Serco – the firm that has run the service for the past seven years – does not represent “value for money to the public”.

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