rail industry
Train drivers vote to continue taking strike action for next six months
Members of Aslef backed more industrial action after being reballoted, well over a year since the dispute over pay began.
Commons showdown expected over Sunak’s decision to axe sections of HS2
The Prime Minister said the Government wants to replace HS2 with something that’s going to ‘benefit far more people’ and do so ‘far quicker’.
Sunak refuses to apologise for axing HS2 amid backlash from former PMs
The Prime Minister said he was ‘doing politics differently’, despite his party having been in power for 13 years.
Rishi Sunak faces backlash from former PMs over decision to axe HS2 northern leg
The Prime Minister also found himself reported to police in Scotland over comments made about Nicola Sturgeon in his conference speech.
Key dates of the HS2 rail project
It has been controversial since plans for the rail line first emerged in 2009.
Plans to cut HS2 platforms at Euston ‘totally unambitious’, says rail expert
The central London station was due to have 11 platforms for high-speed trains but will now have six.
‘Radical’ Sunak cuts HS2, pledges A-level reforms and stubs out cigarettes
The Prime Minister promised ‘a government prepared to make long-term decisions so that we can build a brighter future’.
Rishi Sunak strips HS2 bosses of responsibility for Euston
The Prime Minister said ‘there must be some accountability for the mistakes made’.
Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled
Rishi Sunak said he would reinvest ‘every single penny’ of the £36 billion in hundreds of transport projects in the north and Midlands.
Sunak presents himself as man to deliver ‘difficult’ political change
Rishi Sunak was expected to axe the HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester as part of his approach.