IEP - Baker cooks up a deal

This from Our Man at 222 Marylebone Road
According to Financial Times Political Correspondent, Jim Pickard, the DfT is using the threat of Sir Andrew Foster's credible alternatives to extract a better deal from Agility Trains.

So let's get this straight.

DfT thinks that saving money on a train that no-one in the railway industry wants is a better deal?