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Labour plan to part nationalise rail

Labour will soon unveil a promise to change the law to allow for the part re-nationalisation of the rail network, the BBC has learned.

Cycling infrastructure spending needs increasing at least fivefold, say MPs

Transport committee calls on minister to show leadership as it calls for annual spending to rise to at least £10 a person by 2020The government should increase annual spending on cycle infrastructure to at least £10 a person by 2020 if significant numbers of Britons are to be tempted on to their bikes, a cross-party group of MPs has said.The report from the House of Commons transport committee calls on ministers to show more coherent political leadership on the matter, with safe cycling made central to any new infrastructure projects.

Renationalising railways is 'fast track to chaos'

Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, warns that re-nationalising the railways will increase government debt and lead to a worse service for passengers