There has been a predictably critical response to the revelation that the UK government has already spent over fifty million pounds (around 60 million euro) on its plan to replace Network Rail with a new overarching management agency for track and trains. An investigation by a specialist media title found that the Department for Transport (DfT) has already spent 52.3 million pounds to establish Great British Railways (GBR), with little more to show for it than a cheesy video with the former transport secretary Grant Shapps, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.