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'If you experience a heart attack, violence, or even just want a bacon sandwich on First Great Western then things are going to get a lot worse', MP warns

Swansea West MP Geraint Davies blasts South Wales to London fail franchise over fare hikes and staff cuts. MPs are supporting a union campaign over staffing levels and industrial relations at a leading rail company. A Commons Early Day Motion (EDM) has been tabled saying that First Great Western appears to be taking a “backward approach” to passenger services.

Parliamentary hopeful vows to continue fight against Heathrow expansion

Ruth Cadbury, Labour candidate for Brentford and Isleworth, also called for runway alternation to be bound in law

Greenwood proposes rail "guiding mind"

Labour proposals for new over-arching rail industry body become clearer. A new ‘guiding mind’ for the rail industry has once again been mooted by Labour, with the party’s more detailed proposals for the railways starting to become clearer in the run-up to May’s General Election.