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Mark Harper pledges to enhance role of private firms in railways

Mr Harper delivered the annual George Bradshaw address in central London.

The Independent UK

National Apprenticeship Week 2023: HS2 launches recruitment drive

High-speed rail project is again hiring apprentices across Birmingham and the West Midlands as it homes in on 2,000 target with fresh round of hires

Birmingham Post

Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

The Independent UK

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Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg

Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'

Birmingham Post

Welsh railway station described as the 'third ugliest building in the world'

Newport station was only beaten on the ugly list by the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh and the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC

Wales Online

Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

Daily Mirror

'Rishi Sunak is a fool if he does not reach a deal with workers taking strike action'

Nurses, ambulance crews, railway workers and public sector staff have taken - and still intend to take - industrial action in recent months

Daily Mirror

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Mick Lynch warns rail staff could be on strike this time next year if Tories won't budge

The boss of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union is working night and day on a settlement but ministers will not budge. And he says his members will not give in.

Daily Mirror

Train stations deserted as Network Rail says strikes have cost £400m

Aslef action halts services across England before second 48-hour strike of the week by RMT begins on Friday

The Guardian - UK

How do we solve this train chaos that’s pushing so many passengers into cars?

As the new year kicks off with yet more strike chaos, Iain Griffin argues job loss is not the way to look at introducing long-overdue automation in the rail sector

Evening Standard

HS2 launches latest jobs drive for next cohort to work on high-speed rail project

Forty roles are up for grabs in fields such as engineering and procurement on the huge infrastructure project

Birmingham Post

Union accuses government of blocking talks as another week of rail strikes begins

‘The government’s going to continue to work really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved,’ says transport secretary Mark Harper

The Independent UK

ScotRail tells passengers to plan ahead for Christmas strikes with 'significant disruption' expected

'We’re urging customers to check their entire journey in advance'

Insider UK

ScotRail tells passengers to be aware of Christmas strikes and plan ahead

Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union employed by Network Rail will walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions.

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Daily Record

East Ayrshire towns and villages to set transport priorities after Tory rail station push fails

Conservatives had wanted to lead campaign for Cumnock and Mauchline rail links but SNP successfully propose looking at road, rail and public transport across East Ayrshire

Daily Record

ScotRail passengers warned of possible delays following train strikes

ScotRail said that passengers will still face disruption as RMT members return to work on Sunday, with some services starting later than usual.

Evening Standard

Sunak claims workers are ‘tired of being foot soldiers in Mick Lynch’s class war’

Rishi Sunak said rail workers wanted a deal but the RMT was making ‘unaffordable’ demands

Edinburgh Live

ScotRail disruption to continue as rail workers to strike weekend before Christmas

ScotRail is running only 12 services in the central belt, Fife, and the Borders after Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members at Network Rail walked out on Friday

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Manchester Evening News

Alternative ways to get home from town tonight during train strikes

Rail timetables for Greater Manchester have been crippled

Manchester Evening News

Train disruptions continue as railway workers hold 48-hour weekend strike

Network Rail and 14 train operators will run on a limited services as a result of the industrial action

Evening Standard

Rail strike continues as passengers face latest wave of disruption

Trains will start later than usual on Saturday and will finish earlier, while some parts of the country have no services

Birmingham Post

Transport for Wales agrees pay deal with rail unions

The news comes as the rail unions continue to be embroiled in a dispute with other train operators

The Independent UK

Fresh strike causes more misery for rail passengers as bitter dispute continues

Talks between the leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), train company employers and Rail Minister Huw Merriman on Thursday failed.

Daily Mirror

Train strikes: Mick Lynch hoping for 'compromise' in the next week as new talks open

The RMT chief urged rail firms to 'come towards us a little bit' in softer language as new talks open. But a 48-hour strike today has gone ahead - crippling services

The Independent UK

NHS strikes – live: Government must boost pay offer for nurses, ex-Tory chair urges

Around 70,000 appointments and surgeries will be lost in walkout

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