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Rumours that Labour are considering plans to freeze rail fares have been circulating in the past twenty four hours, with both the Evening Standard and The Times (£) running stories alluding to such a policy, while the Financial Times had a…
"Follow the money", they say in detective stories. Apply your inner Sherlock to the government's grand projects in modern day Britain and you'll see that the vainglorious too often trumps the vital. While there is nothing intrinsically…
Last week’s report from Sir David Higgins is a substantial, thoughtful and thorough analysis of how the benefits of High Speed Two can be maximised. On Friday, the Government published the HS2 Growth Task Force report, focusing on how we…
By Mick Whelan and Karin Christiansen As delegates meet this weekend for the Scottish Labour Conference in Perth, there are many important issues to be discussed following the publication of the party’s devolution commission report. We…
Jon Cruddas was summoned to a "rail summit" this lunchtime, union sources have told LabourList, as the debate within the party over the size of Labour's electoral offer intensifies. Today's summit comes as the party begins to prepare for…
Update: A spokesperson for Ed Miliband contacts us to say: "Andy Burnham supports Labour’s collective position supporting HS2. He was making the case about local issues in his constituency like many other MPs. He did not use the words…
London isn't as easy to get around today as tube workers go on strike over the loss of 1,000 jobs on the tube network and the closure of tube ticket offices. Yet contrary to what the Tories (and some in the media) might argue, the majority…
On Friday, the Tory-led Government published the three preferred bidders for the East Coast line and dashed hopes that it might be allowed to remain public. In the same week an interview with Alastair Campbell in the Fabian Review revealed…
The day after the Autumn Statement can be an opportunity to bury bad news. The Government’s response to the Transport Select Committee’s report on access to transport for disabled people, which was published on Friday, is just that – bad…
A new report by rail expert Professor Paul Salveson, commissioned by ASLEF, the Co-operative Party and the Socialist Environment and Resources Association (SERA), is set to ignite the debate about the future of the railway in Scotland. The…
Boris Johnson’s proposal to close virtually every ticket office on the London Underground got relatively little publicity. Partly because he cunningly put it out at the same time as an announcement about a twenty-four hour underground…
There is mixed news for the 50% of Londoners who use public transport to get to work today. On the one hand we have the great, if belated, news that several underground lines will open 24 hours a day on Fridays and Saturdays. This will give…
