The chair of the government company planning the construction of the High Speed 2 rail link has called on ministers to speed up the building timetable to spread the benefits of the line across the...
Councils are to receive an extra £140m to repair roads damaged by this winter’s severe weather, but local authorities warned the money would not be enough to cover the maintenance bill.
Councils are cutting the support they provide to keep bus services running due to the growing cost of the concessionary fares scheme for elderly people, the Local Government Association has warned.
The nation's biggest asset is transport infrastructure, but local highways may be undervalued by £200bn. Now accountants and engineers can agree a figure
Local Government Information Unit research has scotched government claims that town halls use parking charges as ‘cash cows’, finding that fewer than one in five councils make a surplus on traffic...
Around £95m of public money is to be invested in Oxford to boost local growth, as part of the area’s City Deal, ministers announced today.
Oxford and its surrounding area will receive improvements to...
Public money spent on the Crossrail project in London has so far been well protected and the programme is on track to achieve value for money, according to government auditors.
The UK’s transport networks remain vulnerable to disruption from periods of adverse winter weather, which could hit economic growth, MPs have warned today
The government is set to make a profit from the operation of the railway by the end of the next parliament due to above-inflation increases in fares, a report has claimed today.
Councils in England generated a surplus of nearly £600m from parking charges in 2012/13, up 5% from the year before, according to a report published today
The government’s airport commission has selected expansion of Heathrow or Gatwick airport as the best way to provide additional runway capacity in the Southeast of England, but has not ruled out...
Network Rail, the state-owned operator of Britain's railways, is to be reclassified as a central government body, adding £30bn to the national debt, the Office for National Statistics has announced.
The proposed High Speed 2 rail line linking London with the Midlands and north of England is needed to provide a long-term increase in the capacity on the railway network across the country, the...
The Treasury has doubled its target for receipts from the government’s privatisation programme to £20bn by 2020, with the taxpayer stake in Eurostar among the assets now likely to be sold
Almost 10,000 jobs will be supported by the government’s investment in road building and improvement next year, the Department for Transport has announced today.
The government has issued a call for evidence on its plan to introduce a rebate on fuel duty in rural areas of England and Scotland, ahead of an application to the European Commission for approval.
There are signs of recovery all around, from GDP growth figures to rising house prices. So has the chancellor, as he claims, won the austerity debate, or is short-termism and poor policy-making...
A revised government analysis of the proposed High Speed 2 rail line has slightly downgraded the economic benefits of the route, but has also concluded Britain cannot meet its future transport needs...
MPs have urged the government to develop a long-term investment plan for transport projects to avoid a repeat of the nearly 30-year wait for the Thameslink upgrade.