ASLEF launches report to boost diversity among train drivers
ASLEF launched its new report, On Track With Diversity, today. According to Britain’s trade union for train drivers,…
Transport
TSSA: The Tories are failing to get smart on public transport
Pity the travelling public, for a new report has highlighted their daily plight in stark terms. Figures for annual Commute Smart Week, by campaigners Work Wise UK, show…
Corbyn launches free bus travel for under 25s plan
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Today Jeremy Corbyn will visit a…
Manuel Cortes: No more scams – Labour will consign rail privatisation to the dustbin of history
Last week the Treasury announced a freeze on fuel duty, which says all you need to know…
Luke Pollard: Tory rail strategy for the South West is a sham – our railway needs investment
Yesterday, as Storm Emma covered the country in snow, I was on a delayed and diverted train from…
Labour councils are reinventing municipal socialism and trying to hold back austerity
If we are to prepare for power nationally then we should do more to crowdsource solutions to modern…
Tony Blair’s sports minister enters race for Sheffield mayor as deadline looms
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has entered the race to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of South Yorkshire.…
UKIP hypocrites aim to deepen division with war on “minority rights stuff”
UKIP members of the National Assembly for Wales have again generated a lot of media attention, and a…
John Mann: Complacent Hammond is a chancellor for the wealthy south
Yesterday in the Treasury select committee, Philip Hammond did not seem particularly keen to answer my accusation that…
Sarah Jones: Tory industrial strategy fails Britain on education and infrastructure
The big story from last week’s Budget was clear – there is little room for manoeuvre on the…
