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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
Friday, 18 July 2014
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- Buses back at Greyfriars? Regeneration chief says all options will be explored for former Northampton bus stationThe borough council’s regeneration chief said he could not ‘rule out a transport facility’ returning to the site of the old Greyfriars bus statsion.
- £790k programme agreed to improve transport in HartlepoolCOUNCILLORS have agreed a £790,000 programme of work to improve roads, bus routes, footpaths and cycle lanes over the next 12-months.
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