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Shadow Transport Minister In 'Listening Mode' Ahead Of Meeting With Train Drivers' Union
Shadow Transport Minister In "Listening Mode" Ahead Of Meeting With Train Drivers' Union
Political parties
The shadow minister for transport has said that he is “not anti-union at all”, ahead of a meeting with the general secretary of the train drivers’ union this week.
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Environment
Labour Figures Come Out Against Chancellor's 'Environmentally Illiterate' Plans
Heathrow Third Runway Must Not Undermine UK’s Net Zero Goals, Transport Committee Chair Says
Transport
Heathrow Third Runway Must Not Undermine UK’s Net Zero Goals, Transport Committee Chair Says
Louise Haigh Resigns As Transport Secretary Over Mobile Phone Offence
Political parties
Louise Haigh Resigns As Transport Secretary Over Mobile Phone Offence
West Midlands Mayor Accuses Whitehall Of Being 'Resistant' To Greater Devolution
Communities
West Midlands Mayor Accuses Whitehall Of Being "Resistant" To Greater Devolution
Downing Street Admits Fresh Rail Strikes Are 'Extremely Disappointing' As Pressure Grows Over Pay Award
Transport
Downing Street Admits Fresh Rail Strikes Are "Extremely Disappointing" As Pressure Grows Over Pay Award
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Opinion
Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub to realise the health benefits of the transition to net zero Partner content
Environment
By UKCRIC
Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub to realise the health benefits of the transition to net zero
Unlocking the potential of UK infrastructure – a pathway to growth and sustainability Partner content
Energy
By WSP
Unlocking the potential of UK infrastructure – a pathway to growth and sustainability
To make our roads safer, we need a crackdown on dodgy number plates
Communities
By Sarah Coombes MP
To make our roads safer, we need a crackdown on dodgy number plates
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Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Political parties
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Political parties
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
How Keir Starmer Keeps His Massive Parliamentary Party In Line
Political parties
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Foreign affairs
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
By Mike Tapp MP
Political parties
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
By Paul Foster MP
Foreign affairs
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Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
Cyclists, MPs and fire services oppose 'reckless' e-bike changes in row with DfT
Transport
By Sienna Rodgers
Cyclists, MPs and fire services oppose 'reckless' e-bike changes in row with DfT
The government is proposing to redefine electrically assisted pedal cycles, allowing them to be made much more powerful. But would they even be cycles any more? And what are the risks? Sienna Rodgers reports
Mick Whelan: 'I didn’t need to open the deal to know my members won’t accept it'
Transport
By Sienna Rodgers
Mick Whelan: 'I didn’t need to open the deal to know my members won’t accept it'
Sienna Rodgers talks to Mick Whelan, leader of train drivers’ union Aslef, about the ongoing strikes, how relations with ministers became strained and his changing view of Keir Starmer
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Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA welcomes proposal for Lower Thames Crossing
Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) welcomes the Lower Thames Crossing consultation, published today by the Department for Transport.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA has the wit to woo women
The Road Haulage Association (@rhanews) is launching Shes RHA, designed to address the acute shortage of women in road transport.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA 2016 Haulage Manual out now
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) has published the 2016 edition of its highly respected haulier's bible, the RHA Haulage Manual.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Latest Calais chaos - deploy the French military immediately says Road Haulage Association
Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) chief executive Richard Burnett (@RHARichardB) is demanding that the French government deploy their military to secure the chaos at Calais.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA rejects Boris Johnson’s parting shot at haulage industry
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) notes with disappointment the public consultation from Transport for London (@TfL), proposing that lorries in the capital should be required to have additional glass fitted to the nearside door to improve the drivers vision. The proposal is an extension of TfLs Safer Lorry Scheme.
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Transport
By NCFE
Supply Chain and Logistics Trailblazer group welcomes Government’s decision to approve vital LGV driver standard
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has approved a new apprenticeship standard that will have a significant impact on the freight and logistics sector, in which there has long been a skills shortage.
National Pothole Day - There’s a bumpy road ahead
Transport
By Daniel Zeichner MP
National Pothole Day - There’s a bumpy road ahead
Shadow Transport Minister Daniel Zeichner MP marks National Pothole Day, arguing that George Osborne's 'Permanent Pothole Fund' does not go far enough to reduce Britain's 12 to 15 year road maintenance backlog.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Evidence from RHA members results in EU drivers’ hours extension
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) is pleased that as a result of evidence submitted by its members, the EU Commission has granted a further relaxation of the EU drivers hours regulations for HGV operators forced to take alternative routes as a result of the continued closure of the Forth Road Bridge (@forthroadbridge).
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA brands Calais charity comments as ‘absolutely outrageous’
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) shares the view of police and crime commissioner for Surrey, Kevin Hurley (@kvnbhrly1), that the migrant camp at Calais is unpoliced.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Proposed new migrant camp at Dunkirk will double the problem for UK-bound hauliers says RHA
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) is dismayed at the news that a new migrant camp is to be built at the Dunkirk ferry port, approximately 30 miles from the Port of Calais.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA welcomes measures to alleviate Forth Road Bridge misery
Although deeply disappointed at the news that the Forth Road Bridge is to remain closed to HGVs until February 2016, the Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) welcomes the proposals arising from a meeting today with the Minister for Infrastructure, Keith Brown.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Continued closure of the Forth Road Bridge to HGV traffic will cost the industry an additional £40m says RHA
The Road Haulage Association (@rhanews) is dismayed to learn that delays are once again affecting the Forth Road Bridge (@forthroadbridge). Despite maintenance teams working hard to complete the repairs necessary to bring the bridge back into use ahead of the planned operational date of the beginning of January, it is to remain closed to HGV traffic until the end of February.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Calais migrants now outnumber security forces by 18:1
The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) is extremely concerned that despite the deployment of 1,300 French riot police and gendarmerie at Calais, the reality is that with approximately 300 operating at any one time, they are now massively outnumbered by 18:1.
Improving the Weymouth to Waterloo rail line
Transport
By Richard Drax MP
Improving the Weymouth to Waterloo rail line
Dorset South MP Richard Drax writes following his Westminster Hall debate which pressed the Government to consider options to speed up journey times between Weymouth and London Waterloo.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA renews its call for deployment of the French military to protect HGV drivers at Calais
Following a visit by RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (@RHARichardB) to Calais last week, the Road Haulage Association (RHANews) has renewed its call for deployment of the French military to protect HGV drivers and restore law and order to the Port.
Cuts to TFL budget could prompt fare rises and compromise safety, MP warns
Transport
By Elizabeth Bates
Cuts to TFL budget could prompt fare rises and compromise safety, MP warns
Labour’s Gareth Thomas speaks to PoliticsHome on the impact the Chancellor’s cuts will have on the London Transport network.  
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA has a challenging but positive meeting with Business Department
The RHA (@RHANews) has today held what chief executive Richard Burnett (@RHARichardB) has described as a challenging but positive meeting with the skills Minister Nick Boles MP to press the case for more action to solve the chronic LGV driver shortage.The meeting was held at the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (@bisgovuk)
Hauliers pull together to help Cumbria flood victims Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Hauliers pull together to help Cumbria flood victims
UK freight operators have joined in efforts to assist thousands of homeless families affected by the Cumbrian floods.
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Economy
By Road Haulage Association
Approval for HGV Driver Trailblazer Apprenticeship: “Our hard work has paid off” says RHA
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) (@RHANews) has welcomed the approval from the Business and Innovation Department (BIS) (@bisgovuk) for an LGV apprenticeship Trailblazer scheme but is pressing for confirmation that the scheme will cover the cost of licence acquisition.
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Transport
By Campaign to Protect Rural England
Response to airport decision
In response to theGovernment confirming its support for airport expansion, Ralph Smyth, Head of Infrastructure and Legal at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said:
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Hauliers pull together to help Cumbria flood victims
The Road Haulage Association (RHA), is delighted by the news that TPN, The Pallet Network (@OurTPN) is pulling together its 117-depot nationwide freight operation to collect emergency relief donations from around the UK and send them to the thousands of homeless families affected by the Cumbrian floods.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Don’t let the death of a driver be the catalyst for action at Calais says RHA
For the thousands of hauliers travelling through the Port of Calais on the last leg of the journey towards the UK, their lives are now being put in an untenable situation as a result of the increase in migrant activity.
A clearer path to parking-free pavements: Government responds to Pavement Parking Bill Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
A clearer path to parking-free pavements: Government responds to Pavement Parking Bill
Ellen Buckerfield of Guide Dogs responds to progress of Simon Hoare MP’s private member’s bill following its debate in Parliament on Friday 4 December.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Forth Road Bridge closure will have a massive cost impact on Scottish hauliers says RHA
The Road Haulage Association is deeply concerned that the Scottish Government do not seem to fully appreciate the economic impact that the closure of the Forth Road Bridge will have on the haulage industry in Scotland.
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Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
2025
Thames Pavillion, House of Commons
Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025