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Pensioners will keep their free bus passes, says Cabinet minister Louise Haigh ahead of the Budget

The pledge was made after the cuts to the winter fuel payments for most pensioners

Evening Standard

Thousand more electric buses for London as capital's biggest bus company places £500m order

But still no sign of the long-delayed ‘tram bus’ on the 358 route in south London

Evening Standard

HS2 high-speed rail line will run to London Euston, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh strongly signals

An official announcement is expected at the Budget on October 30

Evening Standard

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Bereaved families lay wreaths to mark Ladbroke Grove rail disaster 25 years on

31 people died when two trains collided in west London on 5 October 1999

The Independent UK

Outdated London Euston station needs major overhaul amid overcrowding fears, says Network Rail

Transport secretary Louise Haigh agrees five-point plan to tackle overcrowding and confusion at terminus with ‘zombie’ HS2 building site

The Independent UK

Revealed: The 36 rail projects at risk of being scrapped to plug Labour’s £22bn black hole

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh – who previously criticised Rishi Sunak for the ‘great rail betrayal’ of HS2 – now finds herself wielding an axe over £85m worth of projects

The Independent UK

Euston station’s big advertising screens turned off after overcrowding fears

Network Rail promises to turn round station after criticism from passengers and watchdogs

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Euston station’s advertising board switched off as part of improvement plan

NETWORK Rail has turned off a large advertising board at London’s Euston station following criticism it made the passenger experience worse ...

The National (Scotland)

Euston station's giant advertising board switched off in five-point plan to tackle overcrowding

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has ordered Network Rail to declutter the station concourse and make changes to the way it handles train announcements

Evening Standard

Bakerloo line: Oldest trains on the London Underground 'could be replaced by 2030'

TfL wants to order Piccadilly line-style new trains but needs Government help

Evening Standard

Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

The transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

The Independent UK

Piccadilly line: First new trains in 50 years will start running on London Underground next year

Hopes raised that Bakerloo could be next Tube line to get new rolling stock

Evening Standard

Labour urged to scrap UK road schemes such as £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

Suggestion would allow government to divert money earmarked for new roads to rail and other public transport

The Guardian - UK

Seven in 10 Londoners back rail nationalisation, but don't want to pay for it: YouGov survey

Support plummets if people are asked to pay more in taxes or fares

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The Independent UK

Government faces end of year deadline to decide if HS2 will reach Euston

Ministers must decide on the 4.5-mile route within four months, sources say

The Independent UK

Haigh gets on the bus with her socialist transport revolution

Exclusive: Louise Haigh intends to be the first transport secretary to use her conference speech to focus on the unfashionable subject of buses, but for her they represent a wider message on a transport revolution

Evening Standard

Unions must abandon outdated work practices to fix railways, says Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

Exclusive: The Cabinet minister also vowed to get trains into London running on time

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s something in the air’: UK airport expansion gears up for takeoff

Lobbyists are increasingly confident about expansion plans as concerns for the economy start to deepen

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The Independent UK

Louise Haigh puts Labour’s socialist agenda on the ‘fast track’ with accelerated bus public ownership plan

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh is set to accelerate her bid to undo Margaret Thatcher’s legacy on public transport

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on a boost for buses: reversing deregulation is the right move

Editorial: Empowering councils as well as mayors to run buses is a step towards the transport integration England needs

The Independent UK

Labour’s plan for buses explained as local authorities to ‘take control’

Bus models in London and Manchester could now spread across the UK

The Guardian - UK

Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services

Plans will be put before MPs on Monday that extend right to all councils to set routes and timetables

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s not declaring a 20mph war on motorists. Maybe it should

It may outrage the right, but reducing speed limits in populated areas makes roads safer for everybody and journeys smoother, says author Jonn Elledge

The Independent UK

Rail nationalisation takes a step closer under Starmer’s first major public reform in Commons victory

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill has become the first major reform to clear the Commons since Labour was elected in July

Evening Standard

Stansted airport included in latest roll-out of Contactless train ticketing

45 more stations across South-East will get ‘pay-as-you go’ ticketing from 2025

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