Osborne denies ticket dispute
The Chancellor George Osborne paid a £189.50 upgrade after boarding a first class train carriage with a standard class ticket this afternoon. The Treasury said Mr Osborne was not aware of any row with a ticket officer.
Miliband: 'Osborne train incident shows a government that is out of touch'
When asked about the incident of George Osborne apparently being caught with the wrong ticket on a train to London, Ed Miliband said, "it's part of a pattern of events with this government, they seem totally out of touch with most people.
"The incident with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the train is just the latest example, along with Andrew Mitchell, along with cutting taxes for millionaires is a government that is out of touch and standing up for the wrong people."
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