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Cycling is an issue where we can do right by doing well. Yesterday the Prime Minister seemed to recognise this fact, telling a media pack that national parks and cities such as Oxford and Manchester will share what his Transport Minister…
David Cameron’s cost of living crisis is leaving families struggling and yet another year of inflation-busting fare rises will just add to the pressure on household budgets. Instead of standing up for hard-pressed commuters, this government…
With Ed Milliband back from his hols and looking for some definitive policies, here’s a nice easy one: promise to stop the above inflation fares rises that are deterring people from using trains and causing increasing anger. The spotlight…
The ill-conceived HS2 project loses more support by the day. As Peter Mandelson and Alistair Darling are now arguing, this is one infrastructure scheme that really deserves to hit the buffers. As I wrote last year, the economic case for…
The Labour Party have offered up two bold policies for London in the space of a week. Both are to be welcomed. Following Ed Miliband's pledge to open up the Mayoral selection process with a primary, Maria Eagle has called for the Mayor to…
On Wednesday, Lord Mandelson made an about-turn on his previous support for HS2 and warned Labour to “think twice before binding themselves irrevocably to it”. The Shadow Transport team’s twitter account has since restated a commitment to a…
I’ve followed the rail policy discussions on LabourList recently with interest and welcome the fact there is now a serious conversation taking place within Labour ranks about how the structure of the rail industry can be improved. A…
This morning I wrote that Labour is slowly moving towards a policy of railway renationalisation - something which no-one in the party seems to refute. In the piece, I said that: "what is being encouraged by many in the Labour movement are…
Late last week, barely noticed by the media (or party activists for that matter), Labour took another significant public step towards a policy of renationalising the railways. Reacting on Thursday to Tory plans to privatise the currently…
If ever a fiasco epitomised the incompetence of its makers, it is surely the Tory-led Government’s continued mishandling of the Thameslink rail contract. It is some two years since David Cameron’s Government disgracefully overlooked Derby…
Most of the population believe that the railways would be the same price (or cheaper) and the service would be as good (or better) if rail franchises were returned to public control, our LabourList/Survation poll reveals. These are the…
By Maria Eagle MP and Jim Murphy MP Labour has today demanded that train Operating Companies deliver cheaper travel for UK veterans. The nature of military service is unique and those who serve in the dust and danger of overseas…
