Tanni Grey-Thompson and Sophie Morgan to lead taskforce over disabled people’s right to fly
Disabled air passengers will benefit from better protections when flying thanks to a new expert group announced on Thursday 7 ...
Tag: Department for Transport
Andy Burnham just SHAMED the Labour government over the bus fare cap rise
Mayor Andy Burnham has slammed the brakes on Keir Starmer raising the bus fare cap in Greater Manchester. Of course, ...
New figures show public transport is in a worse mess than housing and education
Public transport provision has seen the sharpest post-pandemic decline of all the Levelling Up missions, an even bigger hit than ...
Labour giving local authorities the power to run bus services isn’t all its cracked up to be
The Labour Party government is looking at plans which will lift the ban on local councils setting up community bus ...
Labour causes UPROAR as it gives London City Airport expansion the greenlight
The Labour Party's transport secretary Louise Haigh has a cunning climate-crisis solution, to top all climate solutions. Buckle up - ...
HS2 should be ‘cancelled altogether’ as it’s little more than an ‘overblown vanity project’
There's been more chaos around HS2, with a report from a parliamentary committee slamming the government and the project. However, ...
Five million people driven into poverty by transport costs, a new report from a think tank warns
Transport costs are keeping five million people (8% of the UK population) below the poverty line, a think tank has ...
The Tories refuse to release document which could be a nail in the coffin for ticket office closures
The Tory government is refusing to release its Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the ways in which rail ticket office ...
Zarah Sultana accuses the Tories of being on a ‘mission of cruelty’ at RMT ticket office closure demo
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) descended on Downing Street on Thursday 31 August. It was ...
RMT taking the fight over ticket office closures to Rishi Sunak’s front door
The National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) will be taking the fight to stop ticket office closures ...
People have been out in force protesting rail ticket office closures
As the scandal around ticket office closures rumbles on, the National Union of Rail, Transport, and Maritime Workers (RMT) has ...
Tories and train operators lash out over ticket office closures but end up red faced
The Tories, transport secretary Mark Harper, and train operators' plans to close most ticket offices in the country have been ...
Activists are demanding public transport that actually serves the public
Two youth climate groups in the West of England have joined together to protest against 'unfair' buses. The groups are ...
Disabled people launch a legal challenge against the Tories’ ticket office closures
The government is allowing train operators to close the majority of ticket offices on the rail network. There has been ...
A disabled person nailed why train ticket office closures are a disaster
The Tory government has greenlit train operators to close the majority of ticket offices at stations. As is usual, bosses ...
The corporate media just let the Tories off the hook over train ticket office closures
The Tory government has confirmed that it's letting train operators close countless rail ticket offices across England. The plans were ...
RMT and disabled activists hit back at leaked Tory rail plans to close ticket offices
Leaked government plans have revealed that it's allegedly planning to allow train operating companies to perform mass ticket office closures. ...
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