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MPs call British Airways 'a national disgrace' for attempt to cut staff conditions
Scathing report accuses airline of ‘calculated attempt to take advantage of the pandemic’MPs have labelled British Airways “a national disgrace” for trying to slash its staff terms and conditions during the coronavirus crisis.In a scathing report, the Commons transport select committee accused BA of making “a calculated attempt to take advantage of the pandemic” through moves that could lead to up to 12,000 staff being laid off and the remaining 30,000 put on inferior contracts. Continue reading...
Grant Shapps unveils plan to make flights greener - as airlines launch quarantine legal action
TheTransport Secretary used the daily Downing Street press conference to unveil the formation of a 'jet zero council' bringing together aviation figures, environmentalists and politicians.
Saturday, 13 June 2020
Financial Times
- Bankrupt Hertz given approval for unprecedented share saleCar hire group hopes to take advantage of stock market frenzy to raise $1bn
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The Mirror
- Range Rover Velar named in survey as Britain’s 'least satisfying' new car A survey of 43,000 car buyers carried out by Which? found buyers moaned about the Range Rover Velar's electrical faults, poor rear visibility and “iffy reliability”
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Lamborghini 'race track' Bradford Road could get camerasA LONG-RUNNING campaign to install speed cameras on a major cross-border road described as a “race track” has been boosted by a new update.
London Evening Standard
- Taxi and bus drivers to be given coronavirus tests even if they aren't showing symptomsTaxi and bus drivers will be given tests for coronavirus even if they do not show symptoms, Boris Johnson announced this afternoon in a move to reduce the death toll among vulnerable workers.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- A new relationship with roadsTraffic was reduced to 1950s levels in lockdown. Now it’s back, but has the balance changed? Andy Richardson and Dan Morris went out to gauge the mood.
Bucks Free Press
- More than 1,000 people call for speed limit on road where cyclists died to be loweredMore than a thousand people have so far called for the speed limit on a busy A-road where two cyclists were killed this month to be lowered.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Fresh confusion over Babergh cab fares as drivers warn of issues for companies and customersChanges to Hackney carriage fares in Babergh aimed at simplifying tariffs will create more confusion for both cabbies and customers, drivers have warned.
Other Regional Press
- Road collapses from burst water mainPolice are at the scene of the flooding which has caused part of the carriageway to sink.
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- Hereford road will be closed for eight months for building work A ROAD in Hereford will be closed for eight months while developers work to build 71 new houses.
- Wales in line for latest battery mega-factoryA firm that aims to make the United Kingdom a leading force in sustainable battery technology has chosen Wales as the preferred site for its first giga-factory, which promises to bring thousands of jobs to one of Europe's poorest regions.
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