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Update of Network Rail’s performance and the actions the government will take to hold Network Rail to account.

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement about Network Rail following today’s (25 June 2015) publication of their annual report.

Sir Peter Hendy, who delivered London’s Olympic transport plan, appointed as new chair of Network Rail.

The Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin announced the appointment of Sir Peter Hendy as Network Rail’s new chairman today (25 June 2015).

Network Rail funding gap puts brake on five-year plan, ministers admit

Soaring costs and missed targets make pledges of £38.5bn investment plan untenable, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin expected to say The catalogue of delay, missed targets and overspending at Network Rail is set to force ministers to admit that the vaunted biggest investment in the railway since Victorian times will not deliver the projects promised in a £38.5bn five-year plan. The electrification of the Midland mainline linking London to Sheffield, described as critical to maintaining a reliable railway, is likely to be axed from the schedule as ministers attempt to get to gri...

Minister promises swift action on a new runway at Heathrow or Gatwick as decision expected within weeks

The Government cannot afford to 'stall' on deciding whether to build a controversial new runway at Heathrow of Gatwick, aviation minister Robert Goodwill told travel chiefs today.

Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan says HS2 Select Committee see "unity of opposition" was shown during site visit

Cheryl Gillan said members of the HS2 Select Committee were made fully aware of the 'unity of opposition' to the project in Bucks this week.