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On 3rd October 2015, a bus lost control and crashed into a shop in the centre of Coventry. The crash killed 7-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald, from my constituency of Warwick & Leamington, as well as 76-year-old Dora Hancox from Nuneaton. Two…
Pity the travelling public, for a new report has highlighted their daily plight in stark terms. Figures for annual Commute Smart Week, by campaigners Work Wise UK, show it takes longer for millions of people to get to work in every part of…
Anna Turley’s recent LabourList article about automation rightly extols the virtues of new technology while warning of its potential to cause "mass misery as well as glittering prizes". There is a tendency to think technology is able to…
Jeremy Corbyn has slammed train fare hikes as an "insult" to commuters across Britain who are suffering due to the government's "shambolic mismanagement" of the railways. Today it was confirmed that train fares are being increased by 3.2%…
Esther McVey is under pressure to resign as Work and Pensions Secretary after misleading the House over universal credit, while the Prime Minister is surely dreading Brexit crunch talks with her cabinet at Chequers on Friday. So Theresa May…
The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly for Heathrow Airport expansion last night, after Jeremy Corbyn gave Labour MPs a free vote, while the Tories were whipped in favour of the third runway. The proposal passed by 415 votes to 119, with…
It’s a campaign day! Today activists across the country will hand out leaflets to commuters as Labour holds a ‘Rail Mayhem’ day, which marks the first working day that the East Coast line returns to public control. The party hopes to…
At Prime Minister's Questions today, Labour MP Lisa Nandy said leaked emails show government ministers ignored warnings of Northern Rail chaos two years ago. The MP for Wigan said the emails showed officials discussing how to handle public…
Today the Labour Party has officially announced its decision on Heathrow Airport expansion: MPs will get a free vote. Labour says the government’s final proposal fails to meet the four tests for the project set out by the party in 2015…
On Monday MPs will be voting on whether or not to approve the building of a third runway at Heathrow. Supporters of expansion make a number of claims of the benefits to the UK regions, to the national economy and to international trade that…
Today Chris Grayling announced that the East Coast Mainline will be temporarily run by the government after being privatised by George Osborne in 2015. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has admitted that the East Coast line will return to…
Today Sadiq Khan announced the appointment of Heidi Alexander, Labour MP for Lewisham East, as his new deputy mayor for transport. Alexander will succeed Val Shawcross, who is retiring from the Greater London Authority after 18 years of…
