The Latest Breaking News from Transport

Who is Grant Shapps? From 'Star Wars spreadsheet' to fake identity and cancer battle

Former Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has become the new Home Secretary following the dramatic resignation of Suella Braverman during a chaotic day for the government

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Liz Truss unveils 'draconian' new law to keep trains running during rail strikes

The crisis-hit PM is teeing up a fierce clash with unions with a legal bid to prevent transport services grinding to a halt during strikes - branded 'desperate' and 'unworkable' by critics

Daily Mirror · Oct 19, 2022

Grant Shapps, spreadsheet schemer, takes over at Home Office amid Tory chaos

The former transport secretary was a major backer of Liz Truss’s rival Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2022

Business leaders condemn Tube and rail strikes set to cause six days of chaos

Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan today said that laws imposing minimum service standards during strikes would be introduced

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2022

A low-traffic College Green is among 35 ‘transformative’ new projects to improve Irish transport

Five transformational public transport projects, six ‘10 minute’ neighbourhoods, 19 walking and cycling projects and even a cycling link from Cork to Waterford were announced today in South Dublin

Dublin Live · Oct 18, 2022

Grant Shapps: ‘Change Tory Party rules to install new leaders more quickly’

Former cabinet minister Grant Shapps has called for the Conservative Party to change its rules so it can install new leaders more quickly.

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2022

France Prepares for Major Disruptions as Unions Call Transport Strike

France was preparing for a day of major disruptions on Tuesday after unions called a nationwide transport strike as they remain in deadlock with the government over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages. The move comes after workers at several refineries and depots operated by energy giant…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 18, 2022

Ireland's 'transformative' transport projects are not about banning cars, says Eamon Ryan

'It’s not being anti-car or trying to disadvantage motorists, it’s trying to make a system that works'

Irish Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

Foreign trains bring no savings: NSW Labor

NSW Labor has committed the state to building its own train, tram, bus and ferry fleets again, after multiple defects in overseas-built public transport.

AAP · Oct 17, 2022

10 Tory Ministers would LOSE seats as voters reject Liz Truss's 'reckless' plans

A mega-poll by Opinium shows the Tories are heading for electoral wipeout, with a whopping 219 of their MPs set to be ousted at the next election

Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022