1.0Politics.co.ukhttps://www.politics.co.ukJane Doddshttps://www.politics.co.uk/author/janedodds/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ywk0BouTv9"><a href="https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2022/08/11/free-rail-travel-could-help-beat-back-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-save-the-planet/">‘Free rail travel could help beat back the cost-of-living crisis and save the planet’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2022/08/11/free-rail-travel-could-help-beat-back-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-save-the-planet/embed/#?secret=Ywk0BouTv9" width="600" height="338" title="“‘Free rail travel could help beat back the cost-of-living crisis and save the planet’” — Politics.co.uk" data-secret="Ywk0BouTv9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_100_1200.jpg7681200Last month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a wide range of policies to tackle the rapid inflation in the country which has now surpassed 10 per cent. Among the most innovative and potentially impactful of them was his announcement of free rail journeys. The scheme will see free rail tickets issued from September 1... Read more »