Rachel Scarfe

Oct 30, 2024 | theconversation.com | Linda Yueh |Karen Bloor |Phil Tomlinson |Rachel Scarfe |Shampa Roy-Mukherjee

For the first time in 14 years, it was a Labour chancellor who delivered the UK budget. And for the first time ever, that chancellor was a woman. But Rachel Reeves faces an almighty task: plugging a £40 billion spending gap in the knowledge that pre-election promises not to raise the main taxes are still fresh in people’s memories. Growth was the buzzword of the election campaign – Reeves now had to lay her cards on the table.

Oct 21, 2024 | cittimagazine.co.uk | Rachel Scarfe |Reuben Henry-Fellows

The true effect of the pilot is unclear, but the Scottish government may have seen a greater shift on to the railways if it had kept it in place for longer. Commuters in Scotland faced a shock at ticket machines as the Scottish government abandoned a pilot scheme that removed peak rail fares. During the pilot, tickets were the same price all day. But now that it has ended, the increase in fares is significant.

Oct 8, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Rachel Scarfe

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Oct 8, 2024 | theconversation.com | Rachel Scarfe

Commuters in Scotland faced a shock at ticket machines as the Scottish government abandoned a pilot scheme that removed peak rail fares. During the pilot, tickets were the same price all day. But now that it has ended, the increase in fares is significant. The cost of commuting at peak time from Glasgow to Edinburgh, for example, has gone from £16.20 to £31.40. The aim of the pilot, introduced in October 2023, was to encourage what’s known as a “modal shift” from cars to more sustainable transport.