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19 Aug 2024 Transport

Downing Street Admits Fresh Rail Strikes Are "Extremely Disappointing" As Pressure Grows Over Pay Award

Downing Street admitted it was “extremely disappointing” that passengers face being hit by more rail strikes despite train drivers winning a pay hike of 14 per cent over three years.

24 Apr 2024 Transport

Labour Says Its Plan To Nationalise The Railways Will Save Over £2bn A Year In Waste

Louise Haigh, the shadow transport secretary, will claim on Thursday that Labour's plans to nationalise Britain's railways during its first term in office could result in waste being reduced by up to £2.2bn a year.

08 Nov 2022 Transport

Ministers could act now to address the chaos on our railways

This month on one of the major rail routes in the country – TransPennine Express – connecting towns and cities across the North, hundreds of services have been cancelled. For tens of thousands of people it has made rail travel next to impossible, and the cost to the regional economy is huge.

20 Jun 2022 Political parties

Labour Front Benchers Banned From Joining Picket Lines Amid Rail Strikes

Exclusive: Labour front benchers have been told by the party leadership that they are banned from picket lines this week amid rail strikes organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union.

20 Jun 2022 Transport

Grant Shapps Says New Legislation Will Require Railways To Run Services During Strikes

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed government will bring forward legislation requiring railways to run a minimum number of services, including during periods of industrial action.

20 Jun 2022 Transport

Minister Says It's "Extremely Unlikely" Public Sector Workers Will See Double Figure Pay Rises

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke has said it is “extremely unlikely” that public sector workers will be awarded pay rises in line with inflation this year.

17 Mar 2022 Economy

Transport Minister Is "Angry" Over "Wholly Unacceptable" Sacking Of P&O Ferry Staff

Transport minister Robert Courts has criticised the "insensitive" approach taken by P&O after the leading ferry operator made 800 staff redundant today.

05 Jan 2022 Coronavirus

Rail Unions Say New Covid Testing Regime Is “Not Enough” To Stop Train Cancellations

Rail unions are calling for government to bring in enhanced social distancing measures to prevent more staff being forced into Covid self-isolation as services across the UK face severe disruption as a result of staff shortages.

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30 Nov 2021 Transport

Rail industry welcomes Louise Haigh MP as new Shadow Transport Secretary

The Railway Industry Association, the voice of the UK rail supply community, has welcomed Louise Haigh MP as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.

27 Sep 2021 Brexit

Louise Haigh Is Accusing Boris Johnson Of An "Addiction To Dishonesty" On Northern Ireland

Exclusive: Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, will launch a scathing attack on Boris Johnson's approach to the province and accuse the Prime Minister of "actively" undermining the peace process and an "addiction to dishonesty".

27 Sep 2021 Political parties

Louise Haigh: a Labour MP to watch

At one of Louise Haigh’s infamous birthday parties pre-pandemic, one guest observed that when it came to Labour Party movers and shakers, “everyone was there”.

28 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Labour frontbencher Tony Lloyd quits shadow cabinet to focus on coronavirus recovery

Labour frontbencher Tony Lloyd is stepping down as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary so he can focus on recovering from coronavirus.

09 Jan 2020 Political parties

Labour is on the precipice of extinction – this is our last chance to make our party relevant again

We cannot rehash the past, the next Labour leader needs a brand-new outlook, writes Louise Haigh MP

03 Jun 2019 Communities

Family courts are failing children by allowing violent parents to have access

An inquiry is needed before more young lives are lost, says Louise Haigh

10 Apr 2019 Home affairs

For victims of rape, rather than protecting them and their child, the law is being used against them

The law clearly needs to change, to flip the presumption that anyone who has fathered a child through rape should be able to apply for access regardless of the risk they present to that child, to make an application possible only in the most exceptional of circumstances, says Louise Haigh MP.

13 Apr 2018 Communities

Increased mortality does not happen in a vacuum

The sudden rise in mortality rates and fall in life expectancy looks unnatural. It is simply inconceivable that the state of our public realm had nothing to do with it, says Louise Haigh