As the Crisis of Living crunch bites working people: Labour has condemned the Conservatives over a “brutal” 3.8% hike – the highest rise in almost a decade.

The average commuter nationwide now faces paying a staggering £3,263 for their season ticket – £1069, or 49% more, than in 2010.

Top lines:

• This brutal fare hike by the Conservatives is a nightmare for passengers.
• Families already facing soaring taxes and bills have been clobbered with an eye-watering rise in the cost of the daily commute.
• People up and down this country are paying the price for a crisis in living standards made in Downing Street.
• These brutal fare rises have priced passengers out of the railways and undermined the urgent action needed to tackle the climate emergency.
• Passengers are paying the price for a decade of the Conservatives’ mismanagement of our railways.
• Average fares have risen to 48.9% more than they were in 2010.
• Rail fares have risen twice as fast as wages under the Conservatives.
• Some commuters will pay over £3,900 more to travel to work than in 2010.