TV doctor and peer Lord Robert Winston has backed calls for hospitals to offer free parking for patients and their visitors.

Lord Adonis has called for Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to quit as he stepped up his attacks on the Government approach to Brexit.

The RMT union has blamed rail companies and the government ahead of New Year's Eve strikes.

Labour has accused the government of reneging on pledges to improve Britain's Boxing Day rail services despite vows to do so when in opposition.

The RHA welcomes the Department for Transport’s announcement today of funding for a number of ‘A’ road improvement schemes. The transport secretary is launching a Major Road Network consultation which will decide on which projects will benefit from a cash-injection from the National Roads Fund.

The Government is considering introducing the UK’s first pay-per-mile system for drivers in a bid to cut emissions and traffic.

The Road Haulage Association believes the increased fines for drivers failing to pay the London Congestion Charge (from £130 to £160) announced by Transport for London is unjustified as a deterrent for poor behaviour and is little more than a tax on Londoners.

The future of local buses is a more bespoke, ‘Uber-style’, service, according to the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

There has been a lot of speculation in the media recently about the HGV driver shortage, the possibility of Christmas delay disasters, and post-Brexit supply chain disruption as a result. The RHA is therefore keen to set the record straight.

Partnership launches E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.

Valued at $49.5 billion, this is Airbus’ largest single announcement ever.

The Go-Ahead Group owned firm, Oxford Bus Company is strengthening its portfolio of local services by purchasing Tom Tappin Limited, the company which operates the Guide Friday and City Sightseeing Oxford city bus tours.

Reacting to this morning’s announcement that the issue of cross-border traffic between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic has been resolved, Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett said: 

The acquisition of Atkins by SNC-Lavalin Group in July 2017 marked a historic landmark in the 79-year history of the company, as it became part of a truly global company with an ambitious vision.

The Government wants to stay in the EU’s air safety body despite it being overseen by the European Court of Justice, it has emerged.

Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary says the Government’s ‘strategic vision’ on transport is 'window dressing which will solve none of rail’s urgent problems'.

Hundreds of miles of unused rail lines could be brought back into use in a bid to stop overcrowding, Chris Grayling has said.

Commenting on today’s Budget, and the £300 million for Northern Powerhouse rail, Nick Crossfield, Managing Director of Alstom UK & Ireland, said:

Responding to the UK Government’s Budget, Nick Roberts, Atkins’ Chief Executive Officer for UK & Europe, said:

Tomorrow’s Budget is critical for the road haulage industry – the sector responsible for moving 90% of the UK economy.

Liberal Democrat Tourism spokesperson Baroness Doocey writes following her question in the House of Lords on the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU Open Skies Agreement on the UK’s tourism industry. 

Fiscal Phil is due at the Despatch Box shortly before 1pm tomorrow. Here are 15 things to look out for. Those in blue have already been announced.

Philip Hammond is to announce plans to extend discounted rail travel to those in the 26-30 age bracket and to review airline insolvency measures, as part of Wednesday’s Budget.

Alstom has successfully delivered the first of its longest ever Citadis trams to Dublin from its factory in La Rochelle, France.