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Grant Shapps Denies Rail Promises To The North Have Been Watered Down Despite Backlash
Grant Shapps Denies Rail Promises To The North Have Been Watered Down Despite Backlash
Political parties
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has insisted that promises made over new rail connections in the north of England are "absolutely being fulfilled", despite scrapping new high speed lines.
Dominic Raab Insists Watered Down Rail Plans Deliver 'Best Bang For The Buck' To Taxpayers
Economy
Dominic Raab Insists Watered Down Rail Plans Deliver "Best Bang For The Buck" To Taxpayers
Everything You Need To Know About The COP26 Climate Summit
Environment
Everything You Need To Know About The COP26 Climate Summit
Green Campaigners Criticise Cuts To Domestic Flight Duty As UK Makes Environmental Pledges
Economy
Green Campaigners Criticise Cuts To Domestic Flight Duty As UK Makes Environmental Pledges
All The Key Announcements From Rishi Sunak's 2021 Autumn Budget
Economy
All The Key Announcements From Rishi Sunak's 2021 Autumn Budget
DVLA Is Facing A Backlog Of 30,000 HGV And Bus License Applications Amid Major Driver Shortage
Transport
DVLA Is Facing A Backlog Of 30,000 HGV And Bus License Applications Amid Major Driver Shortage
Backlogs At UK Ports Could Last Well Into Next Year And Ruin Choice In Shops
Coronavirus
Backlogs At UK Ports Could Last Well Into Next Year And Ruin Choice In Shops
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Ports are a gamechanger in turning levelling-up from ambition to reality Partner content
Communities
By Peel Ports
Ports are a gamechanger in turning levelling-up from ambition to reality
The Integrated Rail Plan will level up transport in the Midlands on an unprecedented scale
Transport
By Darren Henry MP
The Integrated Rail Plan will level up transport in the Midlands on an unprecedented scale
Our ambitions for Galactic Britain must not get lost in space
Defence
By David Morris MP
Our ambitions for Galactic Britain must not get lost in space
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Angela Rayner Speech Derailed By Surprise Reshuffle Of Labour Shadow Cabinet
Angela Rayner Speech Derailed By Surprise Reshuffle Of Labour Shadow Cabinet
Political parties
Yvette Cooper Makes Labour Frontbench Comeback After Keir Starmer Reshuffles Top Team
Yvette Cooper Makes Labour Frontbench Comeback After Keir Starmer Reshuffles Top Team
Political parties
Boris Johnson Would Be Forced To Declare Cost Of Spain Holiday Under New MP Rules
Boris Johnson Would Be Forced To Declare Cost Of Spain Holiday Under New MP Rules
Political parties
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All The Key Announcements From Rishi Sunak's 2021 Autumn Budget
Economy
All The Key Announcements From Rishi Sunak's 2021 Autumn Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his Autumn Budget with major announcements on Universal Credit, Alcohol Duty and Business rates. Here are all the major policies announced in his £150bn spending rise.
Truck Stop: an EU lorry driver's view of the haulage crisis
Brexit
By Tomasz Orynski
Truck Stop: an EU lorry driver's view of the haulage crisis
As British people walk among empty supermarket shelves, they could be forgiven for being concerned about Christmas. When the government deploys the army and desperately tries to import thousands of foreign temporary workers, the promised post-Brexit “sunlit uplands” seem rather distant. The most acute shortage is that of lorry drivers.
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Coronavirus
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Exclusive: The public strongly supports the government relaxing immigration rules for European lorry drivers to abate the labour shortage that is causing empty supermarket shelves, a poll for PoliticsHome has found.
Transport news
How The New ‘Traffic Light’ Travel System Will Work And What It Will Mean For Holidays
Coronavirus
How The New ‘Traffic Light’ Travel System Will Work And What It Will Mean For Holidays
Ministers have announced new plans to ease travel restrictions from as early as next month in an effort to restart international travel. PoliticsHome explains the new system and how it will work for holidaymakers.
Grant Shapps Says People Can Start Planning Foreign Holidays As Government Unveils Traffic Light Travel System
Coronavirus
Grant Shapps Says People Can Start Planning Foreign Holidays As Government Unveils Traffic Light Travel System
The transport secretary said this morning that people can start to think about booking foreign summer holidays as the government set out its framework for the resumption of international travel.
Achieving net zero by 2030 will be impossible if the Leeds Bradford airport expansion goes ahead
Transport
By Hilary Benn MP
Achieving net zero by 2030 will be impossible if the Leeds Bradford airport expansion goes ahead
In the year the UK is hosting the COP26 conference, allowing this expansion to go ahead would be a big mistake.
Towards a greener future in the ride-hailing industry Partner content
Communities
By FreeNow
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
Cutting air passenger duty shows the government is going backwards on climate action
Environment
By Caroline Lucas MP
Cutting air passenger duty shows the government is going backwards on climate action
Rather than making flying even cheaper, ministers should get on with the job of investing in a green economy that will provide sustainable jobs for the future
The inevitability of HS2 does not mean it is a British success story
Environment
By Michael Fabricant MP
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.
Our rail network is decades behind target in providing access to disabled people
Transport
By Baroness Grey-Thompson
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.
Scrapping HS2’s eastern leg would be a betrayal of the communities there
Communities
By Lilian Greenwood MP
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
Boris Johnson Warns France May Go On Travel “Red List” To Prevent Covid Variants Arriving Across The Channel
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.
The race to jet zero - is emission-free transatlantic air travel really possible?
Environment
By Kate Proctor
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.
We can solve air pollution with the right transport interventions
Transport
By Tom Hayes
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.
Holyhead would thrive as a freeport – the Welsh government must act now
Communities
By Virginia Crosbie MP
Holyhead would thrive as a freeport – the Welsh government must act now
Holyhead, as a port, has grown massively over the past 30 years.
How can people be persuaded back onto public transport after the pandemic?
Transport
By Adam Payne
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
Summer Holiday Travel Could Be Blocked To 'Preserve' Vaccination Progress
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.
Jim McMahon: ‘My community can’t wait 20 years for the green revolution’
Coronavirus
By Adam Payne
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’
Grant Shapps: A bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland isn't 'the slightest bit controversial'
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
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
Smart motorways: essential infrastructure or needlessly dangerous?
Transport
By Georgina Bailey and Kate Proctor
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’ Partner content
Coronavirus
By Go-Ahead
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.
Uber Drivers Claim 50% Of Working Time “Still Not Paid Or Protected” After Supreme Court Ruling
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”.
Funding for bus services must reflect our environmental and social priorities
Transport
By Baroness Randerson
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.
Freeports will open up another gap in Britain's already over-stretched defences against economic crime
Communities
By Margaret Hodge MP
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.
Transport Industry Told To Tackle 'Macho Culture' As 70% Of Women Report Discriminatory Behaviour
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.
New Civil Service Jobs In Darlington And Leeds Announced In Budget Renews Calls For Transport Links
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.
Partner content
Economy
By Railway Industry Association
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.
EventsAll
IET@150 Parliamentary Reception: The next 150 years of engineering
2021
[email protected] Parliamentary Reception: The next 150 years of engineering
Women in Local Government
2021
Hybrid
Women in Local Government
Making the North West Greener, Healthier and Stronger
2021
Making the North West Greener, Healthier and Stronger
Race to Equality: Achieving Racial Inclusion at Work
2021
Online
Race to Equality: Achieving Racial Inclusion at Work