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Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m tramline approved

A £350m tramline to Greater Manchester's Trafford Centre is given the go-ahead by the government.

Southern rail: MPs condemn ministers' failure to monitor firm

Transport committee report blasts failure to enforce terms of contract with UK’s worst performing rail firmMinisters and officials in the Department for Transport lost their grip on Southern, failing to monitor the rail company properly and enforce the terms of its contract, according to a withering report by a cross-party group of MPs.Concluding an inquiry into the experience of rail passengers that became dominated by the events at Southern, the transport select committee said commuters had been badly let down.

Unions write to Labour MPs urging them to back Heathrow expansion

Campaign for a third runway puts unions at odds with senior party figures, including Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnellTrade unions are preparing to ramp up their efforts to persuade Labour MPs to back expansion at Heathrow airport, putting them at odds with senior party figures including Jeremy Corbyn.Community, the union that represents iron and steel workers, wrote to all Labour MPs on Thursday calling on them to back the expansion if it is approved by the prime minister, Theresa May, next week.