Anger over new UK trains contract

Anger over new UK trains contract

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There has been anger over the government's decision to award a £7.5bn contract to build a fleet of inter-city trains to Japanese firm Hitachi.
The government said the contract for the "super express" trains would "create and safeguard" 12,500 UK jobs.

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Hmmm...does this seem a little strange? Ok, so they 'say' they are going to safeguard a load of UK jobs....

"...The consortium awarded the contract, called Agility Trains, is made up of John Laing, Hitachi and Barclays Bank...."

I see Barclays in there....

But looking at 'Hitachi' I get a little suspicious ... they are owned by The DKB Group:

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Who formed after WWII...and have a few banks on their books (amongst other things)...

So, is this some back-handers etc. and other ways to shift £billions around.

But maybe it's just business...




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