Delays in building the final stretch of the high-speed railway HS2 shows the government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, a committee of MPs has warned. In a report published on Friday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Commons urged the Department for Transport (DfT)…
Train Firms Plan Mass Closure of Ticket Offices in England
Train companies have unveiled plans to close most ticket offices at railway stations in England. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents rail companies, unveiled proposals on Wednesday which could lead to nearly all offices being shut, including those at some of the UK’s busiest stations, such as London Waterloo, London Euston, Birmingham New Street,…
Rail Unions Deny Targeting Eurovision With Strike Action
Rail unions have denied allegations they are deliberately targeting the Eurovision Song Contest and other major public events with industrial action. Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) will strike on Saturday—the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool, which the UK is hosting on behalf of Ukraine. Aslef, the train…
RMT Members Vote to Renew Strike Mandate for 6 More Months
Britain’s biggest rail workers’ union said its members have voted to renew its mandate to continue staging strikes for the next six months. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), whose executive committee has rejected the latest offer aimed at resolving a long-running pay dispute, said on Thursday there was overwhelming backing for further strike…
1,888 People Airlifted to Safety as UK Wraps Up Sudan Evacuation
Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) airlifted 1,888 people on 21 flights from war-torn Sudan in the UK government’s evacuation operation, which ended on Saturday evening. The final UK evacuation flight departed from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near the Sudanese capital Khartoum at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday, the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO)…
UK Scraps Plans for New Smart Motorways Over Safety and Cost Concerns
The UK government has decided to scrap all plans for new “smart motorways,” citing financial pressures and safety concerns. Fourteen planned smart motorways—including 11 that are already paused and 3 earmarked for construction—will be removed from the government’s road building plans, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced on Saturday. Around 10 percent of England’s motorway…
Delays to HS2’s Euston Leg May Lead to Higher Spending, Watchdog Warns
Delays in building the final stretch of the high-speed railway HS2 to Euston Station in central London will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, a government spending watchdog has warned. Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced earlier this month that “inflationary pressures” will cause delays to the construction of key parts of HS2. He…
RMT Union Members at Network Rail Accept Pay Offer but Disputes Continue With Train Operators
Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail have voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting an offer to end the dispute that has caused a series of strikes in recent months. The union said the deal includes an uplift on salaries of between 14.4 percent for the lowest paid grades to…
HS2 Hits the Buffers as Inflation Forces Government to Delay Network’s Crewe and Euston Legs
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has announced that “inflationary pressures” will cause delays to the construction of key parts of the high-speed railway HS2. In a written ministerial statement, Harper said the Birmingham to Crewe line will be delayed by two years and the final stretch from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston in…
Ambulance Strikes in England Called Off as Unions Enter Pay Talks With Government
The Unite union has called off planned ambulance strikes in England in order to enter pay talks with the UK government. Union members at ambulance trusts in the West Midlands, northwest, south central, south coastal, and East Midlands had planned to strike on Monday. But the Unite union paused the strike action on Sunday afternoon….
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