A member of the Road Haulage Association's staff was attacked at the Port of Calais last night (03 August) when a boulder was thrown at his car. 

The former Shadow Transport Secretary calls on Highways England to learn from the reduction in suicide rates on the railways, following a coordinated response across multiple agencies.

The Road Haulage Association has sought legal advice and intends to honour its commitment to its members by pursuing the case for compensation from the truck manufacturers who have been identified as being involved in a coordinated truck price fixing cartel.

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the transport committee’s timely report on road haulage report, published today, which fairly sets out many of the challenges facing the industry and is pleased that it reflects many of the points that the RHA has been making to government since 2014.

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the news that the gateway to the UK is to remain at Calais.

The Road Haulage Association says the entire UK haulage industry is victim of the lorry price fixing cartel which has been heavily fined.  

Britons should worry about this week's ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on China’s maritime claims, says Lord West, 'because it reveals to us the type of superpower China is becoming.'

Tory MP Philip Davies and Labour's Mary Glindon MP writes for PoliticsHome on the airport expansion decision, saying 'any further delay is unnecessary and risks adding to economic uncertainty.'

Following Theresa May's appointment as PM, EY lays out the key infrastructure projects it believes the Government should prioritise.

The Road Haulage Association is disappointed to learn of proposals to build a 4m high, 1km long wall at the Port of Calais.

A year after the Airports Commission’s final report, David Cameron has indicated that he will leave the decision on airport expansion to his successor. Let Britain Fly urges the Government to fast-track a new airport runway.

Support for Heathrow expansion has been “unanimous and unambiguous” say industry leaders and MPs, who roundly deride today’s announcement to delay this vital decision.

All lane running (the use of hard shoulders) is in the interests of all road users to minimise delays without compromising safety.

Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake writes that the North, as well as the South, will benefit from the expansion of Heathrow with up to £25.5 billion in economic benefits forecast.

The programme for High Speed 2 (HS2) is facing cost and schedule pressures with options for extending the opening date for phase 1 now being considered and steps are being taken to bring cost estimates within available funding, according to a report by the National Audit Office.

UK road hauliers call for action to steady markets and nerves at ‘earthquake moment’

The Road Haulage Association is astonished at the report from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering which claims that levels of congestion 'are rising fast because almost a third of lorries are being driven empty'.

The Road Haulage Association renews its call for French military at Calais, as migrants once again surge upon British trucks.

The Road Haulage Association has renewed its call for urgent deployment of the French military to restore law and order at Calais.

England has amongst the lowest woodland cover in Europe, says the Woodland Trust in an interview with PoliticsHome's Aden Simpson, and the Government must improve on the ‘grim’ planting rates published this week or risk deforestation.

The Government’s ambitions to transform the North of England into a high productivity, high growth Northern Powerhouse are at risk unless the Government takes action on airport expansion, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye has warned.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is delighted at the announcement from the Business Department (BiS) that they have agreed funding for three apprenticeships in England for lorry driving, traffic office and warehouse operative.

A survey of Road Haulage Association members finds an overall majority in favour of Brexit, although 80% of larger firms back Remain.

The results of a Road Haulage Association (RHA) survey show a clear majority of members believe that leaving the European Union (EU) would be in the best interests of their companies.