Offshore windfarm construction could be accelerated around the UK following an announcement that Great British Energy is a to work partnership with the Crown Estate, which owns... continue
Electric vehicle trade group RECHARGE UK has called on the new government to put a renewed focus on skills. Specifically, the group wants to see radical changes to skills and training courses across the UK. This builds upon... continue
The new Labour government must work quickly to deliver gigafactories, a decarbonised energy supply and a faster planning system to boost creating the UK automotive sector in the... continue
UK commercial vehicle manufacturing fell -2.9% in the first six months of the year as 56,956 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches left factory gates, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Despite the year-on-year... continue
Network Rail’s senior non-executive director Mike Putnam is now acting chair, taking over from Lord Peter Hendy, who has been appointed a Transport Minister in the new... continue
Four bills directly relating to rail and bus services, and several others with significant transport implications, were included in the King’s Speech this week. An initial Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill is designed to bring rail contracts into public ownership as they come... continue
Labour’s new Government, led by Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, has pledged to grow the economy, with improving the quality of transport across the UK identified as a priority. Louise Haigh MP has stepped up from holding the shadow transport portfolio to become Transport Secretary. She will... continue
Whilst the formal transport lead role in the Government will be played by Louise Haigh, three other senior ministerial colleagues will have a big say in the shape of transport policy and decision making. In respect of spending, and in particular, infrastructure decisions, Chancellor Rachel Reeves... continue
Prime Minister Kier Starmer has appointed one of passenger transport’s most enduring figures Lord Peter Hendy as a Transport Minister. The current Network Rail Chairman was among 26 new peers set to enter the House of as conferred by King... continue
Having spent the past three years as Shadow Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh has been given the same brief within the Labour Government's new cabinet. She was first elected as the MP for Sheffield Heeley in May 2015. In July 2017, she was appointed Shadow Policing Minister and went on to become... continue
The former Transport Secretary Mark Harper is no longer in Parliament, having lost his seat in the Forest of Dean to Labour by a small margin. The Conservative MP had held the seat since 2005. Harper was appointed Transport... continue
With a much enlarged group of MPs representing high profile seats with significant transport interest, the Lib Dems are hoping to have considerable influence in the transport policy debate. The party, which now has 72 seats, now holds St... continue
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said that last week’s metro mayors gathering at 10 Downing Street was a far cry from the political atmosphere last autumn after the previous government scrapped the northern leg of HS2. He told the Manchester Evening News: “What a change from me... continue
The Urban Transport Group has written to the Prime Minister Kier Starmer setting out a list of transport reforms its member transport authorities want to see and claim will support the new Government’s aims of kickstarting economic growth. Reforming the regulation of bus services and... continue
New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out Labour’s plans for achieving a new era of sustained economic growth, promising to take “immediate action” to “fix the foundations of the economy, rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off”, including... continue
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