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Rail services and infrastructure dominate the debate around transport, but with two thirds of all public transport journeys made by bus we are right to talk more about the importance of local bus services. I serve an area with no rail or…
Recently TfL changed peak times from 6.30am-9.30am to 4.30am-9.30am. I don’t know when or why this happened because there is very little information about it on the website. Perhaps the managers didn’t like commuters disobediently getting…
Yesterday's open letter to the Independent highlighted the funding crisis facing the NHS. As the population both grows and ages, we are going to need more and more health care and the nature of the NHS must change from treatment to…
There was the occasional moment during the frantic referendum campaign that Labour activists could be forgiven for longing for the days when politics was discussed in terms of fairness, not flags, of constituency interests, not…
Attending my first Labour Conference as a Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) was always going to be an interesting experience. And whilst Conference was rightly focusing on the strategy to win our all important key seats in seven months time…
Northern Rail train passengers in Greater Manchester are being hit with a 162% fares rise today. Changes to the validity of off-peak tickets mean customers will be forced to buy anytime tickets at a much higher price. The Department of…
To have a fully functioning society, bus services in rural areas should be free of charge. For young people seeking employment, education or entertainment, the unwell needing to visit and be visited in hospitals or the elderly wanting to…
Throughout his time at City Hall Boris Johnson has expended a vast amount of hot air trying to claim he represents all of London, for many people though this just doesn’t ring true. That’s why it will come as no surprise that a new report I…
The Labour Party is committed to our railways, unlike the current government who seem more concerned pushing their ideologically driven desire to reprivatise the East Coast mainline. The last Labour government doubled the number of people…
Ed Miliband has been urged to go further with his plans to cap train fares and freeze prices if he becomes prime minister next year. With Labour looking to bring more attention to the energy price freeze this week, the General Secretary of…
The Evening Standard have reported that high-level Tory minister are pressuring Chancellor George Osborne to cap average rail fare increases next year so that they don't exceed inflation. In January, fail fares could rise up to nine times…
Mary Creagh, Shadow Transport Secretary, has joined Tom Watson, Len McCluskey, John Prescott in calling for Alan Johnson to return to the Labour frontbench. Speaking to George Eaton from the New Statesman, Creagh said that she would "love"…
