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Transport for All wants ORR to be GBR’s licensing authority

09 January 2026
 

Transport for All, representing disabled people, is concerned by the power the Railways Bill proposes to give the Secretary of State, who will become “the sole grantor and modifier of the GBR licence”, in its words. Currently, the ORR independently  issues licences but the Bill would remove the ORR’s licensing authority over GBR entirely, Transport for All (TfA) observed.

“For instance, a future Secretary of State could, in the name of cost-cutting, alter, dilute,...

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