Much fanfare was made this week by transport secretary Grant Schapps about a competition to find a city to house the headquarters of The Great British Railways company. But what exactly is it? I take you through what the remit of the body is and what they'll be looking to do to help return Britain's rail industry to past glory.
There's also an exciting exclusive about who the finalists will be for the race to be granted the headquarters, and why it's not such a competition after all...
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