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US Bombardier dispute: 'Huge relief' for British workers

A surprise ruling in favour of the aircraft manufacturer is welcomed by UK politicians and unions.

Saturday Interview: Railway politics are all in a day's work for ScotRail chief Booth

IT is fair to say that, having spent more than three decades working at the sharp end of the UK rail industry, its capacity for surprise has long since left Dominic Booth – even in the febrile political atmosphere that surrounds the ScotRail franchise north of the Border.

Watchdog NAO probes East Coast rail blunder [Subscription]

The failure of the Virgin Trains East Coast rail franchise is to be investigated by the government’s spending watchdog.

Network Rail to help victims of Carillion collapse

Network Rail has taken action to ease the plight of hundreds of companies which are owed money by the collapsed engineering firm Carillion, but although payments will be made directly by Network Rail to about 300 smaller suppliers, these will not help larger sub-contractors. Network Rail said ways of helping them will 'continue to be explored'. The collapse of Carillion, which had reportedly been Network Rail™s second largest contractor, has put 20,000 jobs at risk in Britain alone, plus more in other countries.