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Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May. In what is being dubbed the Great British Rail Sale, the Transport Secretary said more than one ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Transport Secretary calls for P&O Ferries boss to quit

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said the boss of P&O Ferries should resign after his “brazen” and “breathtaking” comments about “knowingly breaking the law”. It comes after chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite admitted the company broke ...

25 Mar 2022 at 09:25

All remaining Covid travel measures to be axed even as cases continue to rise

Tourism companies have hailed the “final game-changer” as all remaining Covid travel measures are axed even as cases continue to rise in the UK. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said lifting the requirements, which include pre-travel tests ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Fears of major job losses as P&O Ferries suspends sailings for several days

P&O Ferries has suspended sailings “for the next few days” amid speculation it is preparing to sack hundreds of workers. The ferry operator said in an internal statement it will make “a major announcement” which will “secure the long-term ...

17 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Shapps told about P&O ‘challenges’ but not redundancies in November meeting

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was warned about a “new low-cost competitor” which could present “challenges” to P&O Ferries, in a meeting with the boss of the firm’s parent company last year. Newly-released minutes of a meeting between ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Scotland

P&O staff dismissal was ‘appalling’, minister says

P&O will find it hard to get any future support from the Scottish Government following the “appalling” way staff were told of their dismissal, a minister has said. Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth said the ferry operator’s actions had ...

22 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Grant Shapps heralds seizure of Russian billionaire’s superyacht by Gibraltar

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he is doing “all I can to cripple Russia’s aviation and shipping industries” after Gibraltar seized a superyacht owned by billionaire oligarch Dmitry Pumpyansky. The 72-metre long vessel, Axioma, ...

22 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Private jet grounded while possible Russian links are investigated

A private jet has been grounded while possible links to Russia are investigated. The Cessna aircraft was blocked from taking off from London Biggin Hill Airport while it is investigated to see whether it falls foul of sanctions ...

19 Mar 2022 at 19:55

PM backs calls for ‘brazen’ boss of P&O Ferries to quit

Boris Johnson has backed calls for the boss of P&O Ferries to quit as the Government pledged to change the law to stop other firms who may try to “knowingly breaking the law”. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps called for chief ...

25 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Grant Shapps unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

P&O Ferries will be forced to “fundamentally rethink their decision” to sack nearly 800 workers, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The Cabinet minister made the claim as he set out a series of measures in ...

30 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Tory MP admitted to psychiatric hospital for stress amid behaviour allegations

Tory MP David Warburton has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for shock and stress as an investigation is conducted into allegations about his behaviour. The Somerton and Frome MP, who has had the ...

03 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Chancellor always looking at how else he can help with rising costs – Shapps

The Chancellor will always be looking at what else he can do to support people, a Cabinet minister said as he faced questions over the Government’s handling of the cost-of-living crisis. Transport Secretary Grant ...

03 Apr 2022 at 16:25

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