Ministers to oversee HS2 amid warnings of ‘dire delivery failure’ October 20, 2024 Ministers will oversee work on HS2, the government has announced, as the transport secretary warned costs had spiralled out of control. Louise Haigh has announced urgent action to bring the cost and delivery of the high speed route from London to Birmingham back under control. It comes as the Sunday Times revealed leaked documents marked [...]
DP World: Ministers had ‘conversation’ to salvage investment after row October 13, 2024 Ministers were forced to “have a conversation” with executives from DP World to secure its investment after a senior minister referred to one of its subsidiary P&O Ferries a “rogue operator”, the business secretary has said. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the investment – which was reportedly put in jeopardy following the scathing criticism of [...]
DP World to attend government investment summit despite call to boycott P&O October 12, 2024 DP World will attend the government’s international investment summit on Monday despite reports that a row over calls to boycott its subsidiary P&O Ferries had put a £1bn investment at risk. Dubai-based DP World was reported to have pulled out of the summit and put plans to announce a major investment in the UK under [...]
Labour seeks to balance P&O criticism after Starmer slaps down call for boycott October 12, 2024 A Labour MP has sought to balance criticism of P&O Ferries after reports the Transport Secretary’s call for a boycott of the company could have jeopardised a £1bn investment in the UK. Keir Starmer has said Louise Haigh’s call for a boycott of the ferry firm was “not the view of the Government”. Liam Byrne [...]
P&O Ferries owner pulls £1bn UK port investment following row with ministers October 12, 2024 Dubai-based DP World planned to unveil the expansion of London Gateway Port at the Labour government's investment summit on Monday.
‘Incredibly frustrating’: Delay to £9bn Lower Thames Crossing condemned October 8, 2024 The government’s decision to significantly delay a verdict on whether to continue with the UK’s biggest road project has been condemned by transport and business groups. The £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), a road tunnel linking Kent and Essex, was already facing backlash over mounting costs and a £300m planning application which totals a whopping [...]
HS2 will reach Euston, transport secretary signals October 8, 2024 Transport secretary Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that HS2 will reach London’s Euston station, ahead of an announcement she said would be coming soon. The Cabinet minister said an announcement on the project could occur during the Budget on Wednesday, 30 October. Speaking to Times Radio this morning, Haigh said: “We’ve said [...]
Flowers laid at Ladbroke Grove rail disaster memorial to honour those killed October 5, 2024 Families bereaved by the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster have laid flowers at the memorial to honour those killed 25 years ago – each remembered as “precious and loved”. Thirty-one people died and more than 220 were injured when a rush-hour train collided almost head-on with a high-speed train around two miles from Paddington station, west [...]
Transport secretary turns off London Euston’s giant ad board October 4, 2024 The government and Network Rail have launched a major review of London’s Euston station, as its giant ad board is turned off with immediate effect. It acknowledged that longer-term change is needed but put forward a five-point plan in the interim. In a statement today, the government and Network Rail said Euston is an “outdated [...]
Siemens chief hails ‘vote of confidence’ in new £200m train factory October 3, 2024 Siemens today opened its £200m rail manufacturing facility in Goole, East Yorkshire, where it intends to build trains for the Picadilly Line.