Secretary of State for Transport
Jean-Marc Puissesseau said he was "shocked" the transport secretary handed companies £100m of new contracts.
People have branded the application process an "absolute joke".
Critics have denounced it as a "farce".
Last week’s announcement rail fares will increase adds “insult to passengers’ injury”.
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The Transport Secretary has since described the incident as "unacceptable".
You couldn't make it up...
Theresa May should sack her transport secretary 'immediately', opponents urge.
'To ask these long-suffering passengers now to pay even more for a poor, unreliable service is to add insult to injury.'
The transport secretary said he needs to be in London for the Heathrow vote.
Yes, there's been *another* blunder.