
Grayling needs to show he is not just in charge of the clattering train, but is modernising it
The Transport Secretary’s announcement this week about price indices sounded timid and technocratic.
The Transport Secretary’s announcement this week about price indices sounded timid and technocratic.
Yet again a strike which was supposedly about safety has gone away now that a large amount of money has been secured.
The transport sector is yet to shake off the bad habit of mass industrial action. Tougher rules may be needed.
If those striking drivers and guards don’t want to sign new contracts, that is their decision, and if they don’t, they must be shown the door.