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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
Transport news
Government must stop delaying and back Heathrow expansion
Transport
By Steve Double MP
Government must stop delaying and back Heathrow expansion
Conservative MP for St Austell and Newquay Steve Double calls for decisive action on increasing UK airport capacity
Full Steam Ahead? - But for the long haul
Transport
By Gordon Marsden
Full Steam Ahead? - But for the long haul
The Shadow Shipping Minister marks London International Shipping Week, especially the 145,000 people employed in the sector and the £5.6 billion it contributes to UK GDP.  
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Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI appoints TRL to lead integrated energy and transport project to encourage wider adoption of plug-in vehicles
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed TRL, the UKs Transport Research Laboratory, to lead its Consumers, Vehicles and Energy Integration (CVEI) project
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin hails shipping industry as driver of UK growth Partner content
Economy
By ABP
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin hails shipping industry as driver of UK growth
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill celebrated the start of the 2015 London International Shipping Week, at a major reception hosted by Associated British Ports earlier this week.
KPMG calls for investment in the north after new report finds £34bn ‘economic potential gap’ Partner content
Transport
By KPMG LLP
KPMG calls for investment in the north after new report finds £34bn ‘economic potential gap’
KPMG is calling for £50 billion of government capital to be spent on northern transport infrastructure, after new research identified a significant ‘economic potential gap’.
Partner content
Transport
By Heathrow
Budding local engineers take on the 9th annual Heathrow Primary School Challenge
This year, thanks to the support of Heathrows employee volunteers, fifty schools in the five surrounding boroughs to Heathrow Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Slough and Spelthorne - and more than 3,100 students will participate in the challenge, which will run until the 21st of October.
Petition urges UN to protect public from dangers of silent vehicles Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Petition urges UN to protect public from dangers of silent vehicles
A petition, launched by leading charity Guide Dogs, calls on the UN to make electric and hybrid vehicles audible to road users ahead of its meeting in Geneva next week
Partner content
Economy
By Road Haulage Association
RHA says apprenticeship levy looks like a tax on payroll
The Road Haulage Association considers that Governments planned changes to boost apprenticeship numbers and drive up the quality of courses risks being little more than a new tax on payroll in the road haulage sector and that the Association was already seeking an urgent meeting with skills minister Nick Boles after the levy was announced by Chancellor George Osborne.
Partner content
Foreign affairs
By Mott MacDonald
Port of Calais PPP achieves financial close, France
The 863 million Port of Calais extension public-private partnership (PPP) project has successfully reached financial close.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA gets assurance for further government co-operation on Calais
During todays visit by Theresa May to Calais to sign a joint agreement with the French Interior Minister, aimed at tackling the migrant crisis, Road Haulage Association Chief Executive Richard Burnett asked for assurance that government will work closely with the RHA to continue to reduce the problem.
Partner content
Transport
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald to supervise construction of A1 motorway, Poland
Mott MacDonald has been appointed to supervise construction of two sections of the A1 motorway in Poland. The scheme is being co-financed by the countrys General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways and the European Union (EU).
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
A new website for the ‘new’ RHA
The Road Haulage Association has launched a new website. www.rha.uk.net now sits on an all-new responsive platform optimising it for use on smart phones, tablets and desktops. Try it out on your mobile device today.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Calais needs an effective, long term, security solution says RHA
The Road Haulage Association agrees with the view of the French police that the installation of extra fencing at Calais to stop migrants, intent on crossing the Channel to reach the UK, will simply push the problem elsewhere.
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Transport
By Network Rail
Keep your dog on a lead or you’re on dangerous ground, urges new level crossing campaign
A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings has been launched today by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust, as it revealed there have been more than 180 incidents of near misses* between dog walkers and trains and five fatalities in the past five years.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
If you’re non-compliant, your business is at risk!
RHA Simply Compliance Conference, 9 September 2015, Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
Partner content
Transport
By Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead launches new website
The Go-Ahead Group has today launched a new corporate website. The new site is aimed at supporting investors and other stakeholders to make finding information about the Group as easy as possible.
Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Farmers to reap the benefit of new Network Rail level crossing safety campaign
Network Rail has teamed up with the National Farmers Union (NFU) to help keep farmers and their workers safe at level crossings at harvest time.
It’s time for Parliament to give Heathrow the green light Partner content
Transport
By London First
It’s time for Parliament to give Heathrow the green light
Responding to new polling data showing MPs’ opinions on airport expansion, London First calls for political dithering on the issue to stop.
New MP poll on airport expansion reveals ‘clear winner’ Partner content
Transport
By Dods Monitoring
New MP poll on airport expansion reveals ‘clear winner’
Sir Howard Davies’ decision to support Heathrow expansion has been backed by a majority of MPs.
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Transport
By Heathrow
Leeds City Region shines at Heathrow as UK investment destination
In Heathrows latest bid to drive growth in the UKs great cities and regions, new advertisements featuring Leeds go live today across all the terminals at the UKs only hub.
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Transport
By Heathrow
Heathrow launches steeper approach trial to reduce noise
Heathrow today announced plans to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing at Heathrow.
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Transport
By Network Rail
Residents invited to celebrate the completion of Network Rail’s work in Dawlish
Residents are invited to an event to celebrate the completion of Network Rails work in Dawlish to repair the damage caused by last years storms and make the area more resilient for the future.
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Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Eurotunnel night closure – ‘an incredulous suggestion’ says RHA
Suggestions to instigate night-time closures at Eurotunnel have been met with incredulity by the Road Haulage Association.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
UK Border Force code is part of the job, says the RHA
Hauliers and drivers have to do the best they can in the face of an escalating crisis with migrants. And if they do that, they are unlikely to be fined if migrants are found on board, says the Road Haulage Association.
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Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
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Thames Pavillion, House of Commons
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Net Zero Week 2025
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