Grant Shapps
‘Great British Railways is dead’: rail industry at lowest ebb since the days of Railtrack
Grant Shapps ‘revolutionary’ GBR plan faces huge challenges
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
28, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM
Johnson loyalists jump or are pushed on to ministerial scrapheap
High-profile names relegated to backbenches as punishment for failing to back new PM
Aubrey Allegretti
06, Sep, 2022 @6:45 PM
Rail union leaders ‘looking for support’ from Labour as strike announced
TSSA industrial action from noon on 26 September will coincide with Labour conference in Liverpool
Joanna Partridge and Gwyn Topham
31, Aug, 2022 @1:09 PM
TfL funding deal means tube fares must rise and bus services be cut
Sadiq Khan accepts ‘far from ideal’ settlement but says it secures long-term future for transport network
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
30, Aug, 2022 @5:59 PM
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Letters
25, Aug, 2022 @5:03 PM
Avanti paid shareholders £11.5m despite ‘abysmal’ service for rail users
Train operator under fire for dividend payment amid severe cuts on its west coast main line
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
21, Aug, 2022 @8:00 AM
Grant Shapps writes to RMT leader demanding pay offer be put to vote
On latest day of rail strikes, UK transport secretary tweets letter after Mick Lynch warns of further action
Amy Walker
20, Aug, 2022 @1:13 PM
Grant Shapps accused of ‘advocating fire and rehire’ to end rail strikes
Transport secretary said he could enact legislation to force through measures sought by rail companies
Tom Ambrose
19, Aug, 2022 @4:55 PM
DfT provides extra £130m for endangered bus routes in England
Services in the north-east and South Yorkshire were facing the axe as the expiration date for pandemic funding nears
Rob Davies
19, Aug, 2022 @3:09 PM
Ministers accused of ‘provoking’ strikes as tube action disrupts London travel
Sadiq Khan claims transport secretary ‘deliberately’ seeking industrial action to pave way for legislation curtailing union rights
Tom Ambrose and Nadeem Badshah
19, Aug, 2022 @1:08 PM
Shapps says he will impose rail changes if striking workers do not agree deals
Transport secretary claims ‘union barons’ are not putting offers to members and should ‘get out of way’
Jamie Grierson
19, Aug, 2022 @8:08 AM
No 10 denies ministers seeking political fight with rail unions
Denial comes as language toughens on both sides and head of RMT again warns of de facto general strike
Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar and Tom Ambrose
18, Aug, 2022 @6:34 PM
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