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Train firm chief is awarded £1million share bonus in week of railway chaos
The boss of scandal-hit train firm Avanti’s parent company has been awarded a £1m share bonus while passengers suffer chaos. Travellers on the West Coast main line battled a stripped-back timetable this week - and some had to scale a spiked…
Hundreds of bus routes saved at 11th hour as Tories extend funding by six months
Hundreds of vital bus routes were saved at the 11th hour today as Tory ministers extended funding by six months. Regional leaders had warned a “cliff-edge” deadline was looming this week for firms to end services before a post-Covid Bus…
‘As PM Boris Johnson vanishes, our sad failing nation heads into the abyss’
It's a shame the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee isn’t being celebrated this weekend as we’d be able to hold another patriotic get-together. This time we could hold a mass seance outside Downing Street and ask if there’s anybody there? Because we…
‘Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak prove the people who want power the most should never get it’
The price we pay for power only ever increases, have you noticed? There is a constant upward trajectory in your energy bills, and in what you must swallow from your government. Once, the country had to put up with being led by a man mocked…
The best politician food fails: From Theresa May’s chippy cone to Ed Miliband’s bacon…
For politicians, it’s not just what comes out of your mouth that’s painstakingly scrutinised, but what goes in it too.Those who grace the corridors of the commons have long used food as a political ploy to seem relatable, but being…
Grant Shapps picks fight over trains on live TV and gets his facts completely wrong
Tory trains supremo Grant Shapps picked a fight over rail timetables on live TV - only to get his facts wrong.The Transport Secretary was left red-faced after he proudly said there were four trains an hour from London to Manchester. He…
Liz Truss report demanded vast cuts and £10 fee to see GP – ‘true colours’ in full
Liz Truss is accused of showing her “true colours” in a paper that called for vast spending cuts and a £10 fee to see your GP. The runaway favourite to be Prime Minister was one of seven people who wrote a 44-page slash-and-burn policy…
Would Liz Truss be a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson? Have your say
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss looks all set to win the Conservative leadership contest, tearing ahead of former Chancellor Sunak in a Sky News poll by a whopping 32 percentage points. But will she be an improvement over Boris Johnson? For…
Tory Grant Shapps warns he’ll FORCE through rail changes against striking workers’ will
Tory Grant Shapps today warned he is preparing to force through huge overhauls to the rail network against the will of striking workers.The Transport Secretary said he is “moving to” the idea of “imposing” reforms on staff - claiming rail…
UK faces energy bills ‘humanitarian crisis’ with ‘unprecedented’ death risk,…
The UK faces a “humanitarian crisis” with an “unprecedented” risk of more deaths from cold homes this winter, an NHS leader warned today. Matthew Taylor said people “could face the awful choice between skipping meals to heat their homes…
