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DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

TfL exploring options after transport secretary blocks planned development on tube station car park

Former Transport Secretary Chris ‘failing’ Grayling signed off a legal change in 2018 that meant ships sacking staff had to notify the government of the country where they’re registered. P&O Ferries’ shops are registered in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Bermuda

The news that P&O was planning to lay off 800 staff on Thursday came as a shock to many, although perhaps not to those in the Department for Transport after the PM’s spokesman admitted that the government had been informed of the move on Wednesday (despite initially denying they knew…

The Department for Transport considering a ban of the practice altogether in England

The funding will keep services running despite a reduction of passengers due to the coronavirus pandemic

The base was set up to make big government departments less London-centric

The Department for Transport’s pandemic-related support for the sector is due to expire when the financial year ends on April 5.

ALBA Party MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill met today (January 25) with the Scotland Office Minister Iain Stewart MP in a renewed push to re-establish direct ferry links from Scotland to mainland Europe.