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Heathrow Airport shutdown: What we learnt from travel chaos and how could it be prevented?

It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select Committee were told

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Disabled transport users treated like ‘second-class citizens’ in ‘national embarrassment’

A report by the Transport Select Committee found a ‘substantial gap’ between the rights of disabled transport users and their daily experience

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025

Landowners on axed HS2 route left ‘suicidal’, MPs told

Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2023

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Self-driving cars: Government rejects claim its safety ambitions are ‘weak’

The Department for Transport said ‘setting too high a level of ambition’ could stifle the introduction of the technology.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023

Road investment to focus on maintenance instead of new highways

The Department for Transport wrote that keeping the network in a ‘safe and serviceable condition’ will be a growing priority.

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Michael O’Leary accuses Nats boss of ‘incompetence’ in furious row over air-traffic control failure

‘Your system engineers were sitting at home drinking tea instead of being onsite and ready to deal with a total system failure,’ says Ryanair boss in heated exchange of letters

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

Self-driving cars and buses: Your guide to the future of autonomous vehicles

‘My ministers will introduce new legal frameworks to support the safe commercial development of emerging industries, such as self-driving vehicles’

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

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Government rejects plea to make charter to protect seafarers mandatory

The Department for Transport said its charter will ‘initially launch on a voluntary basis’.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Government should invest in maritime tech, cleaner fuels and workforce – MPs

The Transport Select Committee has published a report into the UK’s maritime sector.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

Train station ticket office closures will benefit passengers, claims rail minister

Plan ‘a travesty for disabled and elderly people who want to travel on the rail network,’ says Mick Lynch

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Driver-only operation: The confusing issue dividing the nation’s railways

Every day, millions of passengers travel on trains where the only member of staff on board is in the driving seat

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

Watch: Rail dispute ‘further away’ from being resolved, union leader warns

A union leader has warned that the bitter strike on the railways is further away from being resolved than when it started last year. Mick Whelan, general secretary of the Aslef train drivers’ union, was asked by the Transport Select Committee to say how close, on a scale of one…

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2023

Transport secretary: Future of Great British Railways uncertain

Mark Harper says he intends to make a decision about the organisation’s future ‘at pace’

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Liz Truss vowed to scrap smart motorways. So what will it mean for drivers?

New PM says the experiment to boost capacity has failed, and she promises to end ‘all lane running’ on motorways

Liverpool Echo · Jul 27, 2022

Steve Rotheram and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Chronicle Live · Jul 27, 2022

Jamie Driscoll and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them on rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Manchester Evening News · Jul 27, 2022

Andy Burnham and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

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The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Leeds, Bradford and other key British cities could miss out on rail revolution

Transport Select Committee demands the Department for Transport (DfT) shows its working for changes to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

The Government sparked anger in November 2021 when it published the Integrated Rail Plan.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022

Glitchy signs, dangerous distancing, serious flaws: Now House of Lords slam M56 smart motorway

"It is therefore beyond belief that the Government are still pressing ahead with new introductions."

Chronicle Live · Jun 28, 2022

Road is opening up to allow self-driving cars on UK roads

Users of self-driving cars will be allowed to watch TV programmes and films on built-in screens, but using a phone will remain illegal

Wales Online · Jun 27, 2022

Process of allowing self-driving cars on UK roads has begun

Users of self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television programmes and films on built-in screens, but using a phone will remain illegal

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

MPs launch investigation into self-driving vehicles

The Transport Select Committee will consider what needs to happen for the vehicles to become a common sight on public roads.

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2022

Calls for automatic airline refunds grow as daily flight cancellations continue

In April, the Transport Select Committee backed a system of automatic refunds for airlines that cancel flights

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