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Labour is today calling on train companies to explore the extension of concessionary travel for the Armed Forces to UK veterans. The party believes concessionary travel should be provided to all who have served their country. Currently the…
The Tories are in a mess because their economic strategy has failed. Private investment has collapsed, and they decided that public investment should be slashed too. Now even the IMF thinks this hasn’t worked out, so they are scrabbling…
By Mike Buckley and Jack Madden Labour is rightly looking for ways to reach beyond its traditional heartlands. In Westminster this is all about setting policy and driving a media agenda. On the ground in target seats there’s a complementary…
As inspiring names go, the Office of Rail Regulation report “GB rail financial information 2011-2012” won’t win any prizes. Yet, if you have time to wade through statistics and figures, this new report exposes the truth behind the claims…
Judging by the interview that he gave to Mark Ferguson, Ed Miliband could be on the brink of restoring some sanity to Labour’s policy on railway ownership in the UK. Whilst the government remains determined to place the East Coast mainline…
The Coalition’s decision to return East Coast Trains - currently run by the government owned Directly Operated Railways - to the private sector highlights its complete disregard for the needs of rail passengers. The fact that the…
The Government’s HS2 plans were opened to public consultation last week and broadly welcomed by business and political leaders in the north of England. The economic benefits are clear – in my own city of Manchester alone, up to 30,000…
After John Woodcock stepped down from the Labour front bench while he recovers from his recent fall, Maria Eagle has taken the opportunity to revamp the party's Transport team. Yvonne Fovargue has been appointed to Labour’s front-bench…
‘In a tunnel underground a young Limerick man was found He was built into the new Victoria Line When the pouring gang had past sticking through the concrete cast Was the face of little Charlie Joe Devine.’ Christy Moore’s lines from Paddy…
John Woodcock MP was recently injured when he fell from a ladder a few months ago. As he continues to recover, he's decided to step down as Shadow Transport Minister to focus on his constituency work. Here's the exchange of letters between…
Today, fares on London Transport have increased above the level of inflation for the fifth time in a row under Boris Johnson. The cumulative effect of his Mayorality on transport prices has been a 55% increase in the price of a bus journey…
Few issues have demonstrated the Government’s stubborn resistance to logic, common sense and overwhelming evidence quite like the shambolic mishandling of the Thameslink contract. It is a year-and-a-half since then-Transport Secretary…
