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Cheaper fares across trains, buses, ferries makes cents

Queenslanders will continue enjoying the cheapest public transport in the nation, amid calls for other states to follow.

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Why Heidi Alexander becoming Transport Secretary should be good news for London

New Cabinet minister is former Sadiq Khan deputy who helped open Elizabeth line and kept TfL during pandemic

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No 10 says Haigh resigned after ‘further information’ emerged

Louise Haigh resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence in 2013.

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British Transport Minister Resigns Over Decade-Old Fraud Conviction

British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigns due to a past fraud conviction related to a false claim about her stolen cellphone.

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Heidi Alexander is new Transport Secretary after Louise Haigh quits

Ms Haigh told the PM her conviction would be a “distraction” from her work delivering Government policy.

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Who is Louise Haigh, as the transport secretary quits over phone offence?

Louise Haigh had been the youngest member of the Cabinet before it came to light that she had an old conviction for fraud by misrepresentation

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Haigh resigns as Transport Secretary after guilty plea over phone incident

Louise Haigh said she reported a work phone stolen after being mugged in 2013 but later found the phone in her home.

The Independent UK

UK Transport Secretary resigns after pleading guilty to mobile phone offence

LOUISE Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police…

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MPs back landmark assisted dying bill to give some terminally ill people the right to end their lives – as it happened

Terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live will be given right to die under proposed law

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Louise Haigh resigns as transport secretary over stolen phone fraud offence

Transport secretary admitted to making a false report that her work mobile was stolen 10 years ago

The Independent UK

Louise Haigh resigns as transport secretary after misleading police over 'phone theft'

Ms Haigh quits a day after it emerged she admitted a criminal offence for incorrectly telling police her mobile phone was taken when she was mugged

Evening Standard

Louise Haigh resigns as Transport Secretary

The Sheffield Heeley MP has admitted she incorrectly told police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.

The Independent UK

Transport secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty to offence over phone claim

Louise Haigh says she did not gain from the ‘genuine mistake’ that led to the conviction months before she was elected in 2015

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Transport Secretary ‘pleaded guilty’ over work phone incident

Ms Haigh has said she discovered ‘some time later’ that the phone had not been taken.

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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh ‘pleaded guilty’ after incorrectly telling police work phone was stolen

Ms Haigh reportedly told police her phone was stolen but discovered ‘some time later’ it had not been taken

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SNP urged to scrap plan to fully dual key Scottish trunk road

A KEY Scottish trunk road should not be dualled because there is “no economic or environmental case” to do so, the Greens have said ...

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SNP Government backs stripping teens of free bus passes for bad behaviour

Those responsible for repeated acts of anti-social behaviour on buses could have their free bus passes stripped from them, after a minister backed…

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Government launches ‘new and improved’ task force to cut aviation emissions

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledged to work with industry to make the UK ‘a global leader in sustainable travel’.

The Independent UK

Jet Zero: Government launches new task force to cut flight emissions

The UK set a target to reduce its overall emissions by 81% by 2035 at the recent Cop29 conference in Baku

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Haigh says affordability is a priority but refuses to rule out rail fare hikes

Speaking in the Commons, the Transport Secretary said the Government’s focus was on keeping public transport affordable.

The Independent UK

I no longer keep the coal in the bath. I keep it in the bidet – Prescott quotes

The former deputy prime minister was never short of a pithy comment.

Evening Standard

Transport Secretary promises ‘vision-led approach’ for project funding

Louise Haigh said the switch could have ‘a lasting impact on transport for decades to come’.

Evening Standard

Calls to assess and rank existing rail franchise agreements rejected by MPs

Louise Haigh argued that assessing franchises as part of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill would create ‘unnecessary cost’.

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Sydney Train Strike To Be Pushed Back To Friday In Great News For Pearl Jam Concert-Goers

"I'm asking people to think about travelling well outside the peak, to make alternative arrangements, to plan well ahead.”

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