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Responding to the publication of the Government’s annual local bus statistics, Martin Dean, Managing Director – Bus Development, The Go-Ahead Group, said:
Jeremy Corbyn has taken aim at bus companies for raking in £3.3bn in profits since 2010 while slashing key routes.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye writes that Britain is a nation that has all the right ingredients to make a success of Brexit, with over 30 airlines waiting to fly from an expanded Heathrow and shareholders are ready to up their investment over the next decade.
A minister has openly challenged Theresa May to sack him after he said the threat by Airbus to quit the UK proved a no-deal Brexit would be a “disaster”.
Up to 87% of cross-Channel freight trade could be stopped in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a government analysis has concluded.
Today Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson Baroness Randerson will ask an oral question in the House of Lords regarding new regulations on the use of drones.
On behalf of UK haulage operators, the Road Haulage Association implores the Government and Parliament to quickly gain a consensus on a Brexit withdrawal agreement that will keep the UK supply chain moving.
The government’s flagship high-speed rail project HS2 could have its capacity slashed and journey times extended in order to stay within its multibillion-pound budget, it has been revealed.
Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon Layla Moran writes following her parliamentary debate on the route for the Oxford Cambridge Expressway.
The Road Haulage Association challenges claims by the President of the Port of Calais, Jean-Marc Puissesseau, on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning that the Port of Calais is Brexit-ready and will not be carrying out any more vehicle checks, post-Brexit, than are already being carried out – apart from those for food, livestock and migrants.
Police have been handed greater powers to tackle the misuse of drones following the chaos at Gatwick Airport in the run-up to Christmas.
A major test of no-deal Brexit planning headed by Chris Grayling was today branded "calamitous" after the Government spent £60,000 but failed to attract enough participants.
Today’s Kent truck trial at Manston Airport, part of the county’s Operation Brock contingency plan in the event of hold ups at the port of Dover has been a success in as much as approximately 80 HGVs trucks now know what to do in the event of lengthy, local traffic queues between Manston and Dover.
A firm hired to provide ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit despite not having any boats have been accused of copying their terms and conditions from an online takeaway.
Labour has ripped into the Government's handling of the railways as commuters braced themselves for a 3.1% hike to train fares.
Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the DfT’s implementation of Brexit, RHA chief executive, Richard Burnett said:
Senior ministers will meet urgently to discuss the threat of copycat drones in the wake of the Gatwick airport attack, it has been reported.
Chris Grayling shelved plans to regulate the use of drones and ignored numerous warnings about the disruption the devices could cause at airports, it has been reported.
Labour has accused ministers of "abject failure" after rogue drones grounded all flights at one of Britain's biggest airports.
In the event of a no-deal Brexit, the European Commission plans to allow UK and EU operators to maintain the movement of goods between the UK and other EU member states until the end of December 2019.
The Road Haulage Association is shocked at Labour’s Shadow Treasury team’s call for even more taxes be piled upon the haulage industry – the sector responsible for the movement of 98% of all goods consumed in the UK.
RHA Chief Executive Richard Burnett today told French officials at a meeting of French businesses and officials at the Hauts de France regional government headquarters in Lille that planning for road transport in the event of a No-Deal Brexit is “dire” and “simply not robust enough”.
Crossrail’s budget is expected to balloon by a further £1bn after ministers agreed to sign-off on an emergency funding package.
Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson writes that "We must phase out diesel buses and private hire vehicles in urban areas within five years".