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The big Spending Review winners and losers among departments and ministers
New figures published as part of the government's Spending Review lay bare stark divides in the fate of different departments' day-to-day budgets in the coming years, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office looking like the…
New Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander: Who is the PM’s newest cabinet member?
Heidi Alexander has been appointed Transport Secretary, after the resignation of Louise Haigh over a decade-old conviction for wrongly telling police a work phone had been stolen.
Government to enter talks with ASLEF next week over train drivers’ pay dispute
The new government is set to hold fresh talks as early as next week over the train drivers pay dispute.
TSSA accuses government of “deliberate deception” over rail dispute negotiations
Rail union TSSA has accused the government of "deliberate deception" over its handling of the national rail dispute after Mark Harper suggested that rail companies would not be able to make a higher pay offer to striking workers. In an…
RMT says strikes “will remain on” until union gets a “tangible outcome”
Mick Lynch has said strikes by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) "will remain on" until the union gets a "tangible outcome" following what he described as a "positive meeting" with the Department for…
P&O Ferries has exposed a problem: the use and abuse of flags of convenience
In the aftermath of the P&O Ferries redundancy scandal, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps went on the morning media round, criticising the company and its owners, DP World, for the decision to move instantly to a contracting-out model…
Grant Shapps at Tory conference: Labour highlights 12 failures in 12 months
Labour has highlighted 12 failures in 12 months by Grant Shapps, ahead of the Transport Secretary making an appearance at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester today. Labour chair Anneliese Dodds said: “Conservative transport…
Labour demands ministers publish full data behind travel traffic light system
Labour has demanded the release of the data behind the traffic light system for international travel after it was announced that those fully vaccinated on the NHS will not need to self-isolate when returning from amber-list countries from…
After 15 years of a misguided experiment, the railways must be brought back under public ownership
The word ‘omnishambles’ could have been coined for the chaotic handling of the West Coast franchise. The Laidlaw report into the causes of the debacles - published on Thursday shortly after the Government announced Virgin will run the…
Were cuts responsible for the West Coast mainline cock up?
As ministers try and worm out of responsibility for the West Coast franchise cock up today, it's worth noting that, as the Independent reported this morning: "More than 30 senior civil servants in the Department for Transport, including…