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bbc.co.uk | Sean Dilley |Molly Stazicker |Adam D. Durbin
Two more rail firms, C2C and Greater Anglia, will be brought into public ownership later this year. Four major operators have already been brought under public ownership under previous Conservative governments - East Coast Mainline, TransPennine, Northern and South Eastern (LNER). Seven more companies will be renationalised by 2027 as each of their contracts end – or sooner if their performance is judged to be unacceptable.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Molly Stazicker |Sean Dilley
Accessibility on public transport for disabled people is a "national embarrassment", a senior group of MPs has warned. A report by parliament's cross-party transport select committee found "systematic" failings across all public transport and says "too great a burden is placed on individual disabled people" to hold operators and authorities to account. Disabled-led charity Transport for All is urging the government to act on the report's findings.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
msn.com | Tom Espiner |Faarea Masud |Sean Dilley
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Feb 28, 2025 |
bbc.com | Tom Espiner |Faarea Masud |Sean Dilley
Why is it so hard to move a runway just 12 metres? Tom Espiner, Faarea Masud and Sean DilleyGetty ImagesExpansion at Gatwick Airport has moved a step closer after the government gave the plan its tentative backing. On the surface Gatwick's plans look relatively straightforward. In contrast to Heathrow, which wants to bulldoze houses and reroute the M25, Gatwick is proposing to shift an already existing runway just 12 metres north, and bring it into regular use.
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Nov 28, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Sean Dilley |Sam Francis
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to a criminal offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she claimed was stolen. In a statement, Haigh said she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out in 2013 but later found it had not been taken. She said it was a "genuine mistake" but had been advised by a lawyer "not to comment" during a police interview. The police then referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service, she said.
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