thetimes.co.uk - Rail fares will be frozen in real terms over the next five years under Conservative plans to prevent more than 250,000 commuters being ripped off at the ticket office.
David Cameron will announce today that regulated tickets will be kept in line with inflation until 2020, saving passengers an average of £400 each. Train companies will also be banned from using flexible pricing policies to put some fares up by as much as 5 per cent.
The move comes as three polls last night showed Labour pulling ahead by up to six percentage points while the Tories faced growing anger
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