Media captionConservative Bob Neill says Transport Minister Chris Grayling "is not fit to hold office" The Transport Secretary has been urged to resign after a leaked letter showed he opposed rail devolution to keep it “out of the clutches” of Labour.
Conservative Chris Grayling said costs were the reason for his overruling of a plan for Transport for London (TfL) to take over suburban rail services.
But in a 2013 letter he sent then London mayor Boris Johnson, Mr Grayling said he did not want a potential Labour mayor to have control of trains.
He is yet to comment on the letter.
In the letter to Mr Johnson, who was in favour of having TfL take over Southern, Southeastern and South West metro services, Mr Grayling said he had “no fears” if the Tories were in charge.
Image caption Chris Grayling sent a letter to Boris Johnson in 2013 Conservative MP Bob Neill, who is chairman of the select committee, said the views expressed in the letter – which was leaked to the Evening Sta..
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