The economic benefits of the planned High Speed 2 rail link are unclear, the National Audit Office has found. An NAO report expressed "reservations" about promises the line would deliver growth, and identified a £3.3bn funding gap. But Transport Minister Simon Burns this morning said he did not recognise the figures u...
Simon Burns has been accused of lying to MPs over the privatisation of the East Coast...
Labour would offer fathers paid time off from work similar to that given to pregnant ...
The High Speed 2 rail network is a "boy's toy", Cheryl Gillan has said. The Tory MP, ...
MPs have questioned proposals from the European Union to encourage cross-border rail ...
David Cameron’s father-in-law has hit out at the planned HS2 development, and called on the Government to review both the route and the compensation scheme available...
RMT press release RMT confirmed today that Northern Rail staff have voted for strike action in a bitter dispute over the casualisation of core rail work against t...
UKIP press release UKIP MEP slams "ill thought through dog's breakfast" and the Government's "arrogant and dismissive response" UKIP Transport Spokesman Mike N...
Alan Reid said HS2 should go ahead even if it meant more Government borrowing in the short term. “It’s important that the Government finds that money [to fund the...
Louise Ellman said there were important questions to be asked about the High Speed Rail plan, and urged ministers to ensure the potential benefits are "fully ta...
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16/05/2013 on Daybreak, ITV1
16/05/2013 on Daybreak, ITV1
