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Major disruption to ScotRail trains

About a third of ScotRail's trains are cancelled due to a lack of drivers willing to work on a Sunday.

George Osborne’s £13bn ‘northern powerhouse’ fund includes routine council spending on potholes

Embarrassment for government as it confirms only £5bn of announced £13bn funding is allocated for major road schemes and £3bn for railGeorge Osborne’s pledge to build a “northern powerhouseâ€� has been condemned as “cynical pre-election spinâ€� as it emerged that the £13bn committed to build it includes routine spending on potholes and maintenance for the A1, which comes out of London.In further embarrassment, a communities minister was also accused of misleading parliament over the money after he claimed to MPs in the Commons last week that the government was “investing £13bn ...

Network Rail embroiled in conflict of interest row over its new 'special director'

Network Rail is embroiled in a conflict of interest row after the Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin drafted in a “special director� to keep an eye on the ailing organisation.