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By Maria Eagle MP Rail is thriving in Britain. More people are travelling than at any time since the 1920s with 1.3 billion journeys by train every year, and predictions of a doubling of that figure within thirty years. Increasing capacity…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Yesterday Boris Johnson was under fire from Lib Dem ministers who encouraged him to get off "his backside" and negotiate with tube unions ahead of proposed strikes next month. A Tory minister is said to…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Boris Johnson's refusal to negotiate with tube unions has been something that the Labour Party, and Ken Livingstone in particular, have been critical of in recent months. Johnson's failure to negotiate has…
By Brian Donohoe MP The run up to the budget offers every organisation in the land the opportunity to make their case to the treasury on why they deserve tax cuts, tax revisions or spending changes. With the economy still dangerously…
By Darren Jones This week Lord Adonis, the former Secretary of State for Transport who launched High Speed Rail (HSR) plans in the last Government, launched a joint campaign with Progress and SERA to lobby the Government of today on its…
By Veronica King How do we 'judge' the mayor's performance? More importantly, what are the defining factors for how millions of Londoners will judge him when they go to the polls in May 2012? On the basis of the hours I have spent speaking…
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 There is a war brewing - another one - slowly, silently and hundreds of miles out of sight. It is putting the lives of British people, and those from countless other nations at risk. Some have already died…
By Ken Livingstone / @ken4london We are now engaged in one of the most bizarre episodes in industrial relations in London Underground's history, which can only worsen the atmosphere between workforce and management, all because of the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Those of you who follow Boris Johnson on Twitter will have noticed that he has been unusually hperactive in the past day or two, with three tweets urging action against tube driver's union ASLEF for…
By Len Duvall AM The fares we have just had imposed on us by Boris Johnson and George Osborne - which will really start to hit home when Londoners in large numbers go back to work on tomorrow - summarises unfair Tory London. This is the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk London Mayor Boris Johnson has already caught the eye this year for his promise to fight "Kosovo style social cleansing" and disappearing while huge train fare hikes were announced - but over the weekend…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Millions face fuel rationing over Christmas. * Tax cheats avoiding fines when caught. * Your right to protest is under threat, says Johann Hari * Assange talks of "smear campaign" against him. * Only 1…
