Christian Wolmar: Labour, taking control of the trains and why Hammond’s hostility to anything but cars is all too clear
Philip Hammond’s knowledge of transport was well summed up at my first meeting with him soon after he…
Rail
McDonnell joins Copeland candidate to highlight party’s £500bn spending pledge
John McDonnell has promised a Labour government would invest in Cumbria’s struggling infrastructure as part of a planned…
Huge chunks of Britain’s rail system are now owned by foreign governments – it is time to take back public control
This is the campaign video published by rail union the TSSA to highlight how passengers on Britain’s privatised…
Wolmar: Labour’s campaign in Richmond Park starts on Sunday morning
Labour’s candidate in the Richmond Park by-election vowed to start campaigning tomorrow morning after triumphing in the selection…
“Labour will take back control of our railways” – Andy McDonald speech
This is the full text of the speech given by Andy McDonald, shadow Transport Secretary, at Labour conference…
Dear Jeremy…my five key arguments for Corbyn’s Budget speech
Dear Jeremy, I have covered multiple Budgets and Autumn Statements – “fiscal events” in the dry jargon –…
Creagh: Labour is pro-business – but let regulators do their job
This Tory government has embarked with great fanfare on a drive to reduce the burden of regulation on…
Rail cuts: Ministers and Network Rail have questions to answer
Three months ago today, David Cameron and George Osborne unveiled a manifesto that made this promise to voters:…
Labour will make the railways a priority if they win in May
Labour will make their rail plans a priority if they win in May and launch a review of…
Does the new Tory rail plan make David Cameron a Marxist? He seems to think so
There’s a very interesting Times splash this morning, which says that the Tories are planning a rail price…
