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2 Jan 13
Campaigners have urged the government to end the annual above-inflation hike in rail fares after it was revealed that the price of many season tickets has soared by 50% in a decade.
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12 Dec 12
Local bus services in England are being slashed as councils grapple with grant cuts, public transport campaigners said today.
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7 Dec 12
The government’s botched award of the West Coast rail franchise is likely to cost the taxpayer almost £9m, the National Audit Office revealed today.
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6 Dec 12
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
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6 Dec 12
Virgin Trains’ contract to run services on the West Coast mainline has been extended until November 2014, following the scrapping of the original award to rival operator First Group.
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5 Dec 12
England’s road network will be improved under Chancellor George Osborne’s plans for a ‘revolution’ in Britain’s infrastructure, but he has been criticised for cutting departmental spending to pay for...
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4 Dec 12
Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
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6 Nov 12
The Northern Ireland Government is sharing £4.3m among four councils to develop ‘green and healthy’ transport.
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6 Nov 12
A contract signed today between the Scottish Government and Network Rail will reconnect the Scottish Borders to the rail network, more than 40 years after the Beeching cuts left it the only mainland...
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6 Nov 12
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today revealed plans to allow council pension funds to double the amount they can invest in infrastructure schemes.
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30 Oct 12
The Department for Transport made a number of ‘significant errors’ when it awarded the West Coast Main Line franchise to First Group, according to an independent review of the decision to scrap the...
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25 Oct 12
Routine road maintenance could be affected by cuts in local authority funding, the National Audit Office warned today.
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15 Oct 12
Virgin Trains is set to continue running trains on the West Coast mainline for at least another nine months following the government’s decision to scrap the deal awarding the line to rival operator...
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8 Oct 12
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today gave the green light to 57 road improvement schemes in England, which he said would provide economic benefits worth £3bn.
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5 Oct 12
Private companies should take over the maintenance and improvement of major roads in England to ‘overcome the funding gaps’ that are restricting improvements to the ‘creaking’ road network, the CBI...
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4 Oct 12
The UK government might have avoided the West Coast rail franchise debacle had it been prepared to involve Holyrood in the process, Scotland’s transport minister told MSPs this afternoon.
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3 Oct 12
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has scrapped the West Coast Main Line rail franchise competition, citing ‘unacceptable mistakes’ by his department.
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1 Oct 12
Labour would keep the East Coast rail franchise in government hands to provide a ‘public sector comparator’ with private train operators, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle has revealed.
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25 Sep 12
The government will provide further financial backing to the £14.5bn London Crossrail rail project by guaranteeing the private funding used to purchase trains for the new line, Chief Secretary to the...
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12 Sep 12
MPs on the transport select committee have called for councils to be given more control over local bus services to allow them to set service standards, timetables and fares.
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10 Sep 12
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed that UK pension funds will begin to invest in new infrastructure from next year.
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7 Sep 12
Further changes to planning rules could be introduced to ‘accelerate’ the development of new airport runways in the UK, the government has revealed. Announcing the launch of a commission
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5 Sep 12
The government has been warned today that it is ‘missing a major trick’ by devolving economic powers to cities only rather than offering them to wider local government.
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28 Aug 12
The government is set to complete the deal to transfer the West Coast rail line from Virgin Trains to First Group tomorrow, despite calls for MPs to examine the contract first.
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15 Aug 12
Virgin Trains has lost the West Coast rail franchise between London and Glasgow after rival First Group promised to pay the government £5.5bn to run trains on the line.
2 Jan 13Campaigners have urged the government to end the annual above-inflation hike in rail fares after it was revealed that the price of many season tickets has soared by 50% in a decade.
7 Dec 12The government’s botched award of the West Coast rail franchise is likely to cost the taxpayer almost £9m, the National Audit Office revealed today.
6 Dec 12The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
4 Dec 12Business bosses have urged Chancellor George Osborne to boost capital spending in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement by unlocking private investment and reallocating government spending towards...
6 Nov 12Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today revealed plans to allow council pension funds to double the amount they can invest in infrastructure schemes.
5 Oct 12Private companies should take over the maintenance and improvement of major roads in England to ‘overcome the funding gaps’ that are restricting improvements to the ‘creaking’ road network, the CBI...
3 Oct 12Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has scrapped the West Coast Main Line rail franchise competition, citing ‘unacceptable mistakes’ by his department.
25 Sep 12The government will provide further financial backing to the £14.5bn London Crossrail rail project by guaranteeing the private funding used to purchase trains for the new line, Chief Secretary to the...
12 Sep 12MPs on the transport select committee have called for councils to be given more control over local bus services to allow them to set service standards, timetables and fares.
10 Sep 12Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed that UK pension funds will begin to invest in new infrastructure from next year.
5 Sep 12The government has been warned today that it is ‘missing a major trick’ by devolving economic powers to cities only rather than offering them to wider local government.
