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Services suspended for days and protests expected against P&O Ferries

Services were suspended and a series of demonstrations were expected to take place against P&O’s “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. Unions and politicians condemned the mass dismissal, blamed by the company on losses of £100 million ...

18 Mar 2022 at 06:55

Government is ‘working on options’ for boosting Bradford’s rail services

New rail minister Huw Merriman said the Government is “working on our options” for improving train services at Bradford. Plans for a high-speed railway station in the West Yorkshire city were dashed when the Department for Transport ...

10 Nov 2022 at 13:53

More railway strikes called as dispute continues

More railway strikes announced after union talks with Government minister fail

A railway workers union has served notice for strike action at a further six train operating companies and Network Rail – just hours after meetings with a government minister in a long-running row over jobs, pay and conditions. The ...

02 Dec 2022 at 20:46

Union leaders to meet rail minister in bid to secure deal to end strikes

Talks aimed at resolving the rail workers dispute will be held on Monday after a week of disruption to services because of strikes. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and Aslef took industrial action which ...

09 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Minister admits resolving rail disputes would have been cheaper than strikes

The Government has lost more money due to the impact of rail strikes than it would have cost to settle the disputes months ago, a minister has admitted. Rail minister Huw Merriman told MPs the row has “ended up costing more” ...

18 Jan 2023 at 11:29

Network Rail boss suggests Grant Shapps ‘galvanised’ workers to strike

Grant Shapps “galvanised” rail workers into continuing strike action when he was transport secretary through “noisy political rhetoric”, the boss of Network Rail has suggested. Andrew Haines said negotiations with trade ...

08 Feb 2023 at 08:12

Asylum seekers to be housed on former prison site under Government plans

More than 1,000 asylum seekers will be housed at a former prison site under Government plans to provide them with only the most basic accommodation. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced on Wednesday that two ...

29 Mar 2023 at 15:19

Station upgrades and track revamp unveiled but long-term platform plan axed

A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the area’s busiest station has been scrapped. The Department for ...

25 May 2023 at 13:25

Network Rail ramps up spending on protecting railway from climate change

Network Rail has announced it is ramping up spending on protecting the railway from climate change and extreme weather. The Government-owned company, responsible for Britain’s railway infrastructure, said ...

03 Apr 2024 at 11:05

Minister ‘won’t be two-faced’ about Government policy amid asylum centre dispute

A minister has said he does not want to be “two-faced” about the Government’s migration policy amid a backlash over plans to locate an asylum seeker accommodation centre in his own constituency. Huw ...

12 May 2023 at 17:05

Minister hails ‘extraordinary’ HS2 bridge

HS2 minister Huw Merriman hailed the “extraordinary feat of engineering and architecture” as he inspected construction of what will be the UK’s longest railway bridge. Mr Merriman visited the site ...

16 Jan 2023 at 15:15

Train drivers walk out as union chief says pay talks with ministers have stalled

The leader of a train drivers’ union says pay negotiations with ministers have stalled over the past four months as fresh rail strikes take place. Members of the Aslef union walked out on Friday ...

12 May 2023 at 12:19

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