Breaking strikes using agency workers is recklessly gambling with public safety
The government’s move to replace skilled and safety-critical workers on strike, published today, is deliberately inflammatory. It is…
Trains
We cannot allow Covid’s impact on transport to turn inner cities into urban deserts
At times I feel like crying. I recently did when I met a railway manager at St Pancras…
Labour slams Tories for “making rail travel unaffordable”
Labour has warned that the Conservatives are “making rail travel unaffordable” as a 1.6% increase in rail fares…
Our reaction to Covid-19 could threaten the future of public transport
There is, perversely, something heartening about the atmosphere on the streets today. Kids are pedalling away behind their…
Labour plans biggest ever rail fares cut to save commuters £1,000 a year
Labour is set to announce a reduction in rail fares that would amount to a total cut of…
Scandalous, the Brexit squeeze and why the law is an ass – McDonald, Creagh and Sadiq on rail fares rise
Figures from across the labour movement have spoken of their anger after train companies revealed the biggest rise…
A Labour Budget would put rail, wages and workers’ rights at the heart of our economy
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. As…
Christian Wolmar: Shadow cabinet should know that fixing Network Rail is key to dream of re-nationalising our trains
The railways have received a good settlement from the government, with support for investment of £48bn over the…
Andy McDonald: We stand in solidarity with striking railway workers
We’ve heard a lot of hollow talk this week about what free market economics has delivered for Britain.…
Jim McMahon: Northern Powerhouse is a toxic Tory brand that fails on devolution
Another Tory party conference hosted in the north – and another flimsy funding announcement from the chancellor to…
