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Cabinet Minister Tells Brits To “Holiday At Home” And Not Travel Abroad “Unless Absolutely Necessary” After Portugal Chaos

08 Jun Coronavirus

A senior Cabinet minister has insisted Brits should “holiday at home”, despite the government holding back from imposing an outright ban on traveling to popular holiday destinations such as Spain and Portugal.

03 Jun Coronavirus

Portugal Will Be Removed From Travel Green List With No New Countries Added

29 May Coronavirus

The Saturday View – Botched “Amber List” Messaging Sparks Fear Half Term Travel Chaos Could Bring New Covid Wave

22 May Coronavirus

Just 19 Per Cent of Brits Plan On Taking A Summer Holiday Abroad, Poll Reveals

19 May Transport

Boris Johnson Sticks To Claim UK Has “One Of The Strongest Border Regimes In The World” Despite “Confused and Contradictory” Messaging Over Amber List Holidays

18 May Coronavirus

Government Accused Of Creating “Dangerous Chaos” Over “Amber List” Country Travel Confusion

17 May Coronavirus

Dominic Cummings Attacks UK’s “Joke” Border Policy Amid Row Over Keeping India Off “Red List"

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29 May Coronavirus

The Saturday View – Botched “Amber List” Messaging Sparks Fear Half Term Travel Chaos Could Bring New Covid Wave

As half-term arrives, millions of families will get the first chance for a holiday this year, but ministers have been urging people not to use this new freedom to travel abroad, despite having lifted an outright ban on doing so.

19 Apr Coronavirus

Exclusive: Boris Johnson And World Leaders Plan To Fly Into COP26 On "Green Fuel" Planes

Boris Johnson and other global leaders will be flown into the COP26 climate change conference on “green” flights as part of plans to make the event as carbon neutral as possible.

22 Mar Transport

How can people be persuaded back onto public transport after the pandemic?

It’s a question which the sector tells Adam Payne is crucial to the UK’s mission to achieve net zero by 2050

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Towards a greener future in the ride-hailing industry

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26 Mar Communities

Towards a greener future in the ride-hailing industry

Free Now’s Mariusz Zabrocki explains what the ride-hailing firm is doing to make a truly connected and green transport network a reality

25 Mar Environment

The inevitability of HS2 does not mean it is a British success story

There are many arguments which have been presented against HS2: is cost, its damage to the environment, its inability to connect effectively to the rest of the transport network, and whether – in the light of Covid and changing work patterns – it is needed at all.

25 Mar Transport

Our rail network is decades behind target in providing access to disabled people

The Inclusive Transport Strategy must remove barriers which prevent many disabled people from travelling to work using affordable public transport.

25 Mar Communities

Scrapping HS2’s eastern leg would be a betrayal of the communities there

Eastern leg regions are home to 23 per cent of England’s population but 42 per cent of its social deprivation cold spots: as we look beyond the pandemic, we must ensure HS2 in delivered in full to bring opportunities to left behind areas

24 Mar Coronavirus

Boris Johnson Warns France May Go On Travel “Red List” To Prevent Covid Variants Arriving Across The Channel

Boris Johnson has admitted that putting France on the "red list" for travel was "something that we will have to look at" to prevent importing new Covid variants.

24 Mar Environment

The race to jet zero - is emission-free transatlantic air travel really possible?

Like his garden bridges and sub-sea tunnels, announcing the UK was going to pioneer the first emission-free transatlantic aircraft had the hallmarks of what critics describe as one of Boris Johnson’s vanity projects. It was an ambitious and typically eye-catching promise, delivered in the brief lull in the coronavirus pandemic last July.

24 Mar Transport

We can solve air pollution with the right transport interventions

Oxford city council is not asleep at the wheel. With plans for Britain’s first zero emission zone and a proactive approach to electric vehicle use, the authority is prioritising green transport.

23 Mar Communities

Holyhead would thrive as a freeport – the Welsh government must act now

Holyhead, as a port, has grown massively over the past 30 years.

21 Mar Coronavirus

Summer Holiday Travel Could Be Blocked To "Preserve" Vaccination Progress

Rising coronavirus infections and fears over new Covid variants could put summer holiday plans in jeopardy, ministers have suggested.

21 Mar Coronavirus

Jim McMahon: ‘My community can’t wait 20 years for the green revolution’

Labour’s shadow transport secretary talks to Adam Payne about Boris Johnson being like ‘a kid with a train set’ and why the government’s National Bus Strategy ‘doesn’t even touch the sides’

20 Mar Coronavirus

Grant Shapps: A bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland isn't "the slightest bit controversial"

In the gloom of the pandemic, transport secretary and occasional aviator Grant Shapps exudes optimism about the future. He tells Kate Proctor the Scotland to Northern Ireland sea link is a no-brainer, new bus services will be “amazing” and his favourite road – the A66 – is getting a £1bn upgrade. The only thing he sounds nervous about is his next time in the cockpit

19 Mar Transport

Smart motorways: essential infrastructure or needlessly dangerous?

Campaigners are calling for smart motorways to be scrapped. They argue that converting the hard shoulder into a normal traffic lane has led to multiple deaths. But Highways England insists they are safe and it’s just a case of improving public awareness. Georgina Bailey and Kate Proctor report

We need to make it easier for all kinds of people to ‘choose the bus’

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18 Mar Coronavirus

We need to make it easier for all kinds of people to ‘choose the bus’

This week Boris Johnson launched the National Bus Strategy. At long last there is proper recognition for a mode too often ignored, despite making up two thirds of public transport journeys.

17 Mar Social affairs

Uber Drivers Claim 50% Of Working Time “Still Not Paid Or Protected” After Supreme Court Ruling

Campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that forces Uber to treat more than 70,000 drivers as workers under UK employment law, but say up to 50% of their time is “still not being paid or protected”.

17 Mar Transport

Funding for bus services must reflect our environmental and social priorities

The government must work closely with local authorities to attract people back onto buses.

10 Mar Communities

Freeports will open up another gap in Britain's already over-stretched defences against economic crime

The freedom from customs duties coupled with light-touch regulation will enable freeports to become onshore tax havens for criminals, kleptocrats and tax avoiders who all want to hide their ill-gotten gains.

08 Mar Social affairs

Transport Industry Told To Tackle "Macho Culture" As 70% Of Women Report Discriminatory Behaviour

A cross-party group of MPs have called on the government and transport industry leaders to crack down on "macho behaviours" in the sector.

03 Mar Communities

New Civil Service Jobs In Darlington And Leeds Announced In Budget Renews Calls For Transport Links

Politicians and leaders in the North of England have cautiously welcomed Rishi Sunak's announcement to relocate civil service work out of London but say it must be accompanied by transport investment.

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03 Mar Economy

Railway industry urges greater clarity for upcoming projects in response to the Budget

Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP presented the Spring Budget, setting out a number of policies as the UK looks to an economic recovery post-Coronavirus.

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02 Mar Economy

Railway industry urges Government to put rail at the heart of Coronavirus recovery

Ahead of the Budget tomorrow, Wednesday 3 March, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has today called on the Government to put rail at the heart of the UK’s recovery from Coronavirus.

We need national cohesion on Freeports to drive innovation and growth

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02 Mar Communities

We need national cohesion on Freeports to drive innovation and growth

It’s essential for government to encourage Freeports to move ahead at pace. But we also need a cohesive UK-wide plan so that Freeports complement rather than compete with each other, and we release their full potential.

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01 Mar Transport

Rail trade bodies come together to set out key asks to make Rail Project SPEED a success

The three main rail supply trade bodies have come together to set out five key ‘asks’ to help ensure Rail Project SPEED – the Government and Network Rail’s plan to reduce the time and cost of rail projects – is a success.

24 Feb Coronavirus

The government must introduce vaccine passports so we can look forward to holidays abroad once again

Vaccine passports should be used to allow us to travel freely abroad as soon as it is safe to do so and allow the aviation industry to begin to recover from the pandemic.

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11 Feb Transport

Rail Industry welcomes HS2 Phase 2A Royal Assent

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the national trade body for rail suppliers, has welcomed that Royal Assent has been granted for the HS2 route from the West Midlands to Crewe.

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