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Avanti rail cuts slammed as 'completely unacceptable' and 'an outrage'

Leading city region politicians call for urgent government action after rail operator slashed timetables and suspended ticket sales

Liverpool Echo

Sadiq Khan And Andy Burnham Join Forces To Criticise Avanti West Coast Service Cuts

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have criticised Avanti West Coast for drastically reducing its timetables, branding the decision “completely unacceptable”.In a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the regional leaders said the train operator’s recent timetable cuts were a “national outrage”.Avanti West Coast slashed its…

Evening Standard

The Northern Agenda: The last house on Holcombe Close

The Wilson family are all that stand in the way of a £250m regeneration project

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Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham join forces to criticise Avanti West Coast service cuts

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have criticised Avanti West Coast for drastically reducing its timetables, branding the decision “completely unacceptable”.

Evening Standard

'Frankly a national outrage': Greater Manchester leaders and London Mayor hit out at decision to cut trains to and from capital

People are unable to currently buy tickets for Manchester to London while the timetable is being slashed.

Manchester Evening News

Row breaks out over rail company slashing number of London trains

A furious row has broken out between unions and a rail operator that has slashed its train timetable and suspended ticket sales blaming "severe staff shortages".

Evening Standard

Motorists could drive lorries without extra test to battle HGV shortage

Under the current rules, drivers must pass five tests to become a lorry or bus driver.

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Car drivers 'to be allowed to drive HGVs' without taking a test

It's hoped a change in the law will help ease the UK's HGV driver shortage

Liverpool Echo

Youngsters could drive trucks without a test in major government shake-up

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a call for evidence in a bid to make it easier for youngsters to kickstart a career in logistics, whilst making the most of 'post-Brexit freedoms'.

Daily Mirror

Car drivers won't need test to drive lorries to help HGV driver shortage

Motorists could be allowed to drive larger vehicles without needing to sit a formal test

Wales Online

Car drivers could be allowed to drive lorries without a test to help HGV driver shortage

The Government is considering the change

Nottingham Post

Cyclists in UK who kill pedestrians could be prosecuted same as motorists

Grant Shapps says the proposed law will be the ‘cycling equivalent of death by dangerous driving’ and aims to tackle a ‘selfish minority’

The Guardian - UK

Cyclists who kill face longer jail terms with new law to crack down on ‘legal loophole’

Cyclists who kill pedestrians can only be jailed for two years under current law

The Independent UK

Cyclists to be prosecuted like drivers for pedestrian deaths under new law

The move will close a legal loophole that means cyclists who kill pedestrians can only be jailed for two years, Grant Shapps said

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Daily Mirror

Cyclists who kill face tougher jail terms after crackdown on 'legal loophole'

A "death by dangerous cycling" law is being planned by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps who has reportedly said that current legislation is "archaic" and a legal loophole needs to be closed

The Independent UK

Shapps vows to create ‘death by dangerous cycling law’

The move will close a legal loophole that means cyclists who kill pedestrians can only be jailed for two years, Grant Shapps said.

Evening Standard

What has the government said about driverless trains on the London Tube?

The transport secretary compared the tube to Europe’s metro systems.

Glasgow Live

Car drivers to be allowed to drive lorry without test to help HGV driver shortage

Motorists could be allowed to drive HGV without needing to sit a formal test in a bid to tackle the UK's continuing lorry driver shortage with Grant Shapps set to open a consultation

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The National (Scotland)

Celtic fans chant 'f**k the Tories' and back striking workers at first game of the season

CELTIC fans offered their support for striking rail workers at their first game of the season.

The Independent UK

Bitter row over rail strikes as union leader says ‘Grant Shapps is a liar’

Mick Whelan, the general secretary of Aslef, hit back at the Transport Secretary’s claim of unofficial strikes on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes leave Commonwealth Games city with almost no trains

‘Special shuttle’ one of few services running in Birmingham after the latest industrial action on the network

Evening Standard

Train drivers stage walk out sparking more travel misery for Britons

The strike coincided with second day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the start of the English football league season

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ strike brings fresh misery to rail passengers

Members of Aslef in seven train companies walked out for 24 hours, crippling services.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on public sector pay: Labour needs an answer

Editorial: The opposition should be clearer about its own solutions to disputes that the government is shamefully trying to prolong

Evening Standard

TfL given one week to consider Government’s ‘final’ funding offer

TfL has been given one week to decide whether to accept the Government’s “final offer” of a long-term funding settlement.

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