Minister suggests he may not vote Conservative after surprise Boris Johnson speech
A serving minister has hinted he may not vote for the Conservative Party after Boris Johnson delivered a surprise campaign speech on Tuesday evening.
Keir Starmer not briefed ahead of fresh strikes on Houthis, shadow minister says
Unlike the previous joint strikes by the US and UK, with support from allies, the government did not brief the opposition, the Labour Party has said. A shadow minister said senior Labour figures had not been briefed ahead of fresh allied strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen last night. Karin Smyth, who serves in Labour’s […]
MPs say ‘radical’ plans to close train ticket offices go ‘too far, too fast’
A cross party group of MPs have condemned plans to close train ticket offices, dismissing them as radical and saying they go “too far, too fast”. Iain Stewart, who serves as the Conservative chair of the transport select committee, has written to Huw Merriman, the rail minister, voicing concern that the plans to close 870 […]
Labour accuses government of ‘negligence’ as rail walk-outs resume
Those travelling to the Eurovision Song Contest and the FA Cup Final by rail could find their trains cancelled by a series of strikes, after the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, ASLEF, called more walk-outs in May and June. Staff will stop work at more than a dozen train operators, […]
Government says it cannot intervene in P&O ‘jobs massacre’
A minister has said the government cannot stop the impromptu sacking of 800 staff at UK-based ferry firm P&O. Armed forces minister James Heappey descried the company’s behaviour as “disgraceful” but said the state had little ability to intervene. “I think that is the reality,” he explained in an interview with BBC Breakfast. “The Government […]
Burnham: ‘We can do better’ on Integrated Rail Plan
Andy Burnham has warned the government that its Integrated Rail Plan ‘isn’t as good as it can be’.
