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Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie says more information required over reasons for Davies report’s conclusions. A decision on airport expansion is being taken on the basis of “opaque” information, a senior MP has warned.Andrew Tyrie, chair of the influential Commons Treasury select committee, said parliament and the public had been left partly in the dark on the case for a new runway at Heathrow. Continue reading...
Industry chiefs weigh up Network Rail privatisation, new minutes show
Labour warns against possible ‘return to dark days of Railtrack’ as meeting minutes show rail industry leaders exploring utility-style sell-offLabour has warned against returning to the “dark days of Railtrack” as it emerged that senior rail industry leaders have been exploring the breakup and privatisation of Network Rail.Freshly published minutes of a November meeting of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which includes train operators and Network Rail, show that executives discussed privatising the rail infrastructure along the lines of utility firms. Continue reading...
We may not need a new runway at all, says senior Tory [Subscription]
MPs will raise fresh doubts over plans for a new runway in the southeast today amid claims that the economic case for expansion had not yet been made.
Monday, 01 February 2016
Bolton News
- New pictures show progress on new Bolton Interchange WORK is progressing well on the multi-modal Bolton Interchange, with new pictures showing the on-site developments over the festive and new year period.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Yob threat to lifeline Leeds bus routeA transport operator is axing a “lifeline” service in Leeds after one of its buses came under attack from stone-throwing yobs.
Other Regional Press
- Telford bus services under threat after council cuts funding by £1 millionTelford & Wrekin Council will cut its funding of bus services by nearly £1 million over the next five years - putting key services under threat.
- IS IT FARE?: Seats on school bus will cost teens �770- an increase of almost 60 per cent TEENAGERS will be paying �770 for a seat on the school bus as prices go up almost 60 per cent in a couple of years.
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