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Posts Tagged: Buses

Andy Street: Our pioneering bus partnership will get the West Midlands economy moving

For too long, the workhorse of public transport has been a poor relation compared to trams and rail.

By Andy Street | 15 December 2020 | 19 comments

Bob Neill: There is no good reason to apply the same Covid restrictions throughout London

The London Borough of Bromley, which I am proud to represent, is a case in point – because cases remain relatively low.

By Sir Bob Neill MP | 19 October 2020 | 22 comments

Andy Street: Our blueprint setting out the economic ambitions of the West Midlands

This ambitious business case is based on our experiences not only of recovering from the last downturn, but on the successes of the last three years.

By Andy Street | 30 June 2020 | 5 comments

Andy Street: What we’re doing in the West Midlands to combat the coronavirus.

If you really want to see how we’re pulling together, the best example is taking shape now at the NEC, outside Birmingham – the new NHS Nightingale Hospital.

By Andy Street | 7 April 2020 | 8 comments

Robert Halfon: The Budget we need today is for social as well as physical infrastructure

Plus: As of writing, I’ve had hardly any communications at all from constituents about the Coronavirus.

By Robert Halfon MP | 11 March 2020 | 4 comments

Sam Bowman: The Budget offers an opportunity for Sunak to move on road pricing. He should take it.

In the second piece of our mini-series, our guest author says that a switch to the scheme would most likely leave the average motorist better-off.

By Sam Bowman | 26 February 2020 | 34 comments

WATCH: “HS2 only takes about four per cent each year of the capital budget” – Shapps

The Transport Secretary insists the Manifesto pledge to lower debt over this Parliament will be honoured.

16 February 2020 | 7 comments

WATCH: The Prime Minister announces that HS2 will proceed

“We can consign the next generation to overcrowding, standing up in the carriageways or we can have the guts to take a decision.”

11 February 2020 | 109 comments

James Frayne: Ten errors that Conservatives must avoid making about the new working class voters who backed them last month

Listening to conversations in Westminster in recent days, I fear a number of misconceptions will drive bad decision-making.

By James Frayne | 21 January 2020 | 72 comments

Andy Street: The spending round must be about generating money as well as allocating it

The UK needs a state-of-the-art ‘gigafactory’, and it should be built here in the West Midlands alongside our established automotive cluster.

By Andy Street | 10 September 2019 | 47 comments

Chloe Westley: It’s the end of the line for HS2, or should be

The majority of Brits drive to work in a car or a van, but journalists and politicians get the train to work. I think that’s reflected in political discourse.

By Chloe Westley | 15 April 2019 | 151 comments

Chris Philp: Ministers must act now to stop railway strikes

We need new laws to cover transport and the emergency services.

By Chris Philp MP | 20 December 2016 | 3 comments

Paul Abbott: Ride-sharing! Pavement stops! Fixed timetables! The shocking story of the rise of the big red London bus

Picture the objections from the hackney carriage PR-men! Perhaps if Sadiq Khan had been alive to see such news, he would have raised a formal objections in Parliament.

By Paul Abbott | 19 October 2015 | 8 comments

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