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Embattled transport secretary’s Budget victory prevented bus fare rises of up to 650%

Details have emerged over how transport secretary Louise Haigh’s intervention ensured a new cap in bus fares would feature in the Budget

The Independent UK

Airspace modernisation plan to cut flight delays launched by Government

The Department for Transport (DfT) said it has launched a consultation on a proposal to establish a UK Airspace Design Service.

Evening Standard

The UK’s airspace is about to change forever

The changes could create quicker routes out of the UK

The Independent UK

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AA calls for ban on new drivers under 21 carrying passengers of similar age in UK

Motoring organisation estimates introduction of graduated driving licences would save at least 58 lives a year

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: The 36 rail projects at risk of being scrapped to plug Labour’s £22bn black hole

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh – who previously criticised Rishi Sunak for the ‘great rail betrayal’ of HS2 – now finds herself wielding an axe over £85m worth of projects

The Independent UK

Piccadilly line: First new trains in 50 years will start running on London Underground next year

Hopes raised that Bakerloo could be next Tube line to get new rolling stock

Evening Standard

Labour urged to scrap UK road schemes such as £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

Suggestion would allow government to divert money earmarked for new roads to rail and other public transport

The Guardian - UK

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The busiest trains routes to avoid in England and Wales

Bedford via Luton to London St Pancras, Gatwick and Brighton is a route that appears three times in the table

The Independent UK

Aslef train drivers vote to back pay deal and end two-year standoff

DfT offer will mean rise of almost 15% over three years after dispute between unions and 16 operators in England

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s plan for buses explained as local authorities to ‘take control’

Bus models in London and Manchester could now spread across the UK

The Independent UK

Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services

Plans will be put before MPs on Monday that extend right to all councils to set routes and timetables

The Guardian - UK

Stansted airport included in latest roll-out of Contactless train ticketing

45 more stations across South-East will get ‘pay-as-you go’ ticketing from 2025

Evening Standard

Bid to keep Crossrail 2 alive as talks continue over 'safeguarding' project's future

The long-awaited scheme could unlock hundreds of thousands of new homes and jobs across London and the South East

Evening Standard

Improving disabled access to UK’s public transport ‘almost impossible’

Experts say ‘sprawling’ system, negative attitudes and lack of staff support makes equal access hard to ensure

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Evening Standard

East London station's step-free upgrade remains unstarted five years after being announced

Hackney Downs is one of several London stations which was promised step-free access in 2019, but where works are yet to begin

The Guardian - UK

Tens of thousands of train fare fines to be quashed in England and Wales

Four firms including Northern and Greater Anglia unlawfully prosecuted more than 74,000 alleged fare dodgers

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ strike over? Now fix the real problems with the railway

New transport secretary, Louise Haigh, was right when she vowed to end three years of strikes swiftly on taking office.

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ dispute likely to end after ‘no-strings’ pay offer

Average salary of a train driver, without overtime, would rise from £60,000 to £69,000 if Aslef members vote to accept

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The Guardian - UK

Aslef train drivers reach deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos

Last long-running dispute between unions and English train companies will be resolved if members back offer

The Independent UK

Virgin Atlantic transatlantic advert banned for misleading consumers

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received five complaints

Evening Standard

Rail strikes hitting London and other parts of Britain could be over 'quickly,' says Aslef union boss

Mick Whelan raised hopes that walk-outs would stop after talks in Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed

The National (Scotland)

Public will be encouraged NOT to travel after HS2 axed, new report finds

RISHI Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to the UK’s public spending…

Evening Standard

'Years of delay' before new HS2 station at Euston gets off ground, warns public spending watchdog

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

The Guardian - UK

Labour to hold talks with Aslef over rail strikes next week

New government aims for rapid resolution to dispute that has disrupted train services for more than two years

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