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Who remembers when Boris Johnson bizarrely told the nation how he enjoyed painting model buses? He gushed about all the happy passengers aboard. I was reflecting the other night that he never mentioned painting in any bus drivers – and now…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered this afternoon by Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon to the annual Labour Party conference. Thank you, conference. I am Jim McMahon, and I’m proud to serve as the Shadow Transport…
SPONSORED POST Writing on World Car Free Day, Rail Delivery Group director general Andy Bagnall says choosing trains over road or air is vital to tackling the climate crisis. Today, Britain’s train companies and Network Rail are coming…
Labour's Ed Miliband has criticised the government for failing to tackle supply chain disruption, demanding that ministers "get a grip" on the issue and adopt a five-point plan being put forward by the opposition party. As major retailers…
The government today released the much-anticipated Williams Review that outlined how it intends to fix rail. We expected that they would address the franchising mess that has come about because of a privatised free-for-all by train…
Jim McMahon has told the Secretary of State for Transport that the long-awaited overhaul of the rail industry unveiled by the government this morning "doesn’t go far enough" and called for "fuller public ownership". Responding to a…
Labour's deputy leader and party chair Angela Rayner has called for for an investigation into the conduct of Boris Johnson after the Prime Minister used a coronavirus press conference to launch a political attack on Sadiq Khan. The…
In terms of transport, the new post-pandemic normal is looking worse than the old normal. Without a clear strategy for how to deter people from jumping in their cars as they start travelling again, the roads will become even more congested…
It’s been over three years in the making but yesterday saw Andy Burnham confirm that Greater Manchester will be the first English region to bring its buses under public control, an important step in reversing decades of mismanagement by…
In Newcastle, this is the fourth year of the transport and air quality portfolio. Within that time, emphasis has shifted towards decarbonisation and the importance of air quality’s impact on public health. Transport is responsible for…
Jim McMahon has reiterated that the Heathrow expansion plan does not meet Labour's tests after a Supreme Court ruling today overturned a previous judgement that the decision to go ahead had been taken unlawfully. The Shadow Transport…
Keir Starmer has warned that the government “must intervene” to resolve the dispute over a proposed cut of 350 UK jobs at Rolls-Royce and expressed "solidarity" with the workers currently on strike at the engineering firm. The Labour leader…
