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Transport minister: ‘I’m spending money like water at the moment’

‘I’m not entirely sure why we could ask the national taxpayer to pay for free travel for my 16-year-old,’ said Baroness Vere Addressing an event organised by the passenger watchdog Transport Focus, Baroness Vere said: “It’s grim. But it’s good because it’s got to be done.”

Minister signals green light to clear bottleneck for East Anglia trains

Hopes are rising that the £500m upgrade of the region’s worst rail bottleneck will soon get the go ahead – allowing more trains to run from Ipswich to Peterborough and more cross-country freight services to operate from Felixstowe.

Bechtel accuses HS2 of ‘unlawful negotiations’ as Old Oak Common case comes to a head

HS2 Ltd held unlawful contract negotiations with Old Oak Common construction partner BBVS, according to lawyers for losing bidder Bechtel.