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Cabinet Minister Tells Brits To “Holiday At Home” And Not Travel Abroad “Unless Absolutely Necessary” After Portugal Chaos
Cabinet Minister Tells Brits To “Holiday At Home” And Not Travel Abroad “Unless Absolutely Necessary” After Portugal Chaos
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.
Portugal Will Be Removed From Travel Green List With No New Countries Added
Coronavirus
Portugal Will Be Removed From Travel Green List With No New Countries Added
The Saturday View – Botched “Amber List” Messaging Sparks Fear Half Term Travel Chaos Could Bring New Covid Wave
Coronavirus
The Saturday View – Botched “Amber List” Messaging Sparks Fear Half Term Travel Chaos Could Bring New Covid Wave
Just 19 Per Cent of Brits Plan On Taking A Summer Holiday Abroad, Poll Reveals
Coronavirus
Just 19 Per Cent of Brits Plan On Taking A Summer Holiday Abroad, Poll Reveals
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
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
Government Accused Of Creating “Dangerous Chaos” Over “Amber List” Country Travel Confusion
Coronavirus
Government Accused Of Creating “Dangerous Chaos” Over “Amber List” Country Travel Confusion
Dominic Cummings Attacks UK’s “Joke” Border Policy Amid Row Over Keeping India Off “Red List'
Coronavirus
Dominic Cummings Attacks UK’s “Joke” Border Policy Amid Row Over Keeping India Off “Red List"
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Air quality: It’s time for joined-up thinking so that we can all breathe easier Partner content
Environment
By Policy@Manchester
Air quality: It’s time for joined-up thinking so that we can all breathe easier
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution
Interview
The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery
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Edwin Poots Is Standing Down Just 21 Days After Becoming DUP Leader
Edwin Poots Is Standing Down Just 21 Days After Becoming DUP Leader
Political parties
Lib Dems Win Chesham and Amersham Seat From The Tories In Historic By-Election Victory
Lib Dems Win Chesham and Amersham Seat From The Tories In Historic By-Election Victory
Political parties
UK Government Asks EU To Delay Sausage Trade Cliff-Edge By Three Months
UK Government Asks EU To Delay Sausage Trade Cliff-Edge By Three Months
Brexit
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The Saturday View – Botched “Amber List” Messaging Sparks Fear Half Term Travel Chaos Could Bring New Covid Wave
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.
Exclusive: Boris Johnson And World Leaders Plan To Fly Into COP26 On 'Green Fuel' Planes
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.
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
Transport news
Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
IAM calls for employers to raise standards to cut numbers of fatalities amongst company drivers
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has called for companies to step up their commitment to safer business driving on UK roads, by recommending organisations they employ or hire carry the ISO 39001 accreditation which shows their drivers have met some of the highest safety standards.
Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
IAM appoints new Chief Executive Sarah Sillars to champion driving and riding skills
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has appointed Mrs Sarah Sillars OBE, one of the leading women in British industry, as its new Chief Executive Officer as she returns full-time to the automotive sector.
Partner content
Transport
By Mott MacDonald
MTEW consortium to provide environmental and sustainability services for Crossrail 2
A consortium including Mott MacDonald, Temple, ERM and WSP (referred to as MTEW) has been appointed by Transport for London (TfL) to provide environmental and sustainability services for Crossrail 2. The consortium will provide input to the developing project plans and the funding case.
Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
Driving test doesn’t equip new motorists for life on the road, says IAM and young drivers’ group
Leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and young driver safety organisation the Under 17 Car Club Charitable Trust are calling for the UK driving test to be revamped to make it more relevant to the real world risks that young drivers will face as they start their driving careers.
Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
IAM calls for traffic education to become part of the National Curriculum
Leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has called for traffic education to become an integral part of the National Curriculum, in an effort to cut the numbers of young people killed and injured on UK roads.
Partner content
Health
By Guide Dogs
Department for Transport needs to urgently address dangers of shared surfaces
Guide Dog's responds to Lord McAvoy'soral question in the House of Lords for the Governments assessment of the impact of shared space crossings on the safety of blind and partially sighted people and other people with a disability.
Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
IAM statement on Scottish drink-drive limits
An IAM survey statistics report from October 2014 found over 47% of respondents support adopting Scottish drink-drive laws across England and Wales in order to reduce the number of accidents taking place on UK roads.
Driverless cars – a motoring heaven or hell? Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
Driverless cars – a motoring heaven or hell?
Neil Greig, Director of the Institute of Advanced Motorists Policy and Research, questions the safety risks involved in achieving a future with driverless cars.
Transport Secretary launches Christmas Designated Driver Campaign Partner content
Transport
By Coca-Cola European Partners
Transport Secretary launches Christmas Designated Driver Campaign
MPs & Peers joined people from across the transport and pub sectors to launch this year's Designated Driver Campaign in parliament.
Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs calls for pavement parking ban as three quarters forced into road
Almost three quarters of UK adults (74%), have been forced to walk into the road because of a vehicle parked on a pavement, according to a survey commissioned by Guide Dogs. The charity is leading a campaign to call for a new law to ban parking on pavements and is asking politicians to back a private members bill which will be tabled on 12 September.
Too many people heading for a destination unknown Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Too many people heading for a destination unknown
Guide Dogs UK supports Jim Shannon MP’s Bill calling for AV technology on buses, giving back independence to the blind.
Partner content
Transport
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
Driverless car road trials could lead to huge societal benefits – providing they tackle the big issues: acceptance, liability and safety, says IET
Welcoming the results of the UK driverless car road trials announced today by the Government as part of the Autumn Statement, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) outlines the big challenges for the trials to address.
Partner content
Transport
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
National Infrastructure Plan
Simon Harrison from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Energy Policy Panel said:
Partner content
Transport
By Go-Ahead
The Go-Ahead Group celebrates double win at IR Society Best Practice Awards
The Go-Ahead Group has been recognised by the Investor Relations Society Best Practise Awards in the FTSE 250 category for
New manifesto focuses on young drivers Partner content
Transport
By Institute of Advanced Motorists
New manifesto focuses on young drivers
High speed rural roads should be part of the driving test, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).
Pavement Parking Law - ensuring a safe passage Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Pavement Parking Law - ensuring a safe passage
Guide Dog’s Senior Public Affairs Officer, Jennifer Keen, explains why pavement parking is a major fear for people without sight and how their Streets Ahead campaign is fighting to end it.
Lord Low: Pavements are for people, let’s keep it that way Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Lord Low: Pavements are for people, let’s keep it that way
Lord Low of Dalston wants to end pavement parking, an anti-social behaviour that makes the pavement dangerous for people with disabilities.
Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs puts MPs in the bus driver’s seat
When one Guide Dog owner told Guide Dogs Campaigns Team that getting off buses that arent fitted with audio visual (AV) announcements was like a game of chance this was the inspiration for their most recent Party Conference stand.
Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Minister for Transport responds to campaigners on Pavement Parking
Over the past 6 weeks Guide Dogs campaigners have been writing to Robert Goodwill MP, the Minister for Transport, asking him to support two bills that would bring an end to problem pavement parking in England, Scotland and Wales.
Engineers welcome HS3 plan Partner content
Transport
By Institution of Engineering and Technology
Engineers welcome HS3 plan
A new high-speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds will help the North compete with London, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Partner content
Transport
By British Air Transport Association
BATA reaction to interim report by Airports Commission
Simon Buck, Chief Executive of the British Air Transport Association (BATA), responding to the publication today of the Airports Commission Interim Report, said:
Network Rail to upgrade West Coast line Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Network Rail to upgrade West Coast line
Four major junctions will be replaced on the West Coast Main Line this summer, Network Rail has announced.
Network Rail to upgrade West Coast line Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Network Rail to upgrade West Coast line
Four major junctions will be replaced on the West Coast Main Line this summer, Network Rail has announced.
OFT to investigate 'excessive' car accident costs Partner content
Transport
By Association of British Insurers
OFT to investigate 'excessive' car accident costs
Insurers have welcomed the decision of the Office of Fair Trading to refer the credit hire and credit repair markets to the Competition Commission.
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NHS Parliamentary Awards