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Britain / 14 October 2024
Unions hit out at profiteering train owners as Porterbrook's boss paid £1.4m
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TRAIN owners are fleecing the public purse, unions have warned, after reports that one paid out a dividend of £150m last year.

Company accounts show Porterbrook gave out the “eye-watering” sum to its parent company, Porterbrook Leasing.

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