Topic: Labour Party

UK industry is generally supportive of Labour Party rail reform

The left-wing Labour Party is expected to take over in office when the United Kingdom goes to the polls later this year. The party has been in opposition for thirteen years. It could be argued...Read more

29-04-2024|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Bradshaw Address: UK modal shift port incentives should be extended, says Rail Minister

There is a pioneering scheme at the Port of Southampton, encouraging intermodal logistics customers to switch their loads from road to rail. That scheme should be rolled out across the UK. Rail minister Huw Merriman...Read more

21-02-2024|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Freight train leaving Drax Power Station with empty biomass trucks

Manifesto for Rail to be keynote at George Bradshaw Address

Prioritise getting freight off roads and onto rail is the unsurprising manifesto pledge from Rail Partners, the influential policy and lobby group, representing operators in the freight and passenger sectors in the UK rail industry....Read more

19-02-2024|Comment|author: Simon Walton

UK rail freight: will a socialist swing be a sunrise and a good thing?

There is a political turning of the tide expected in the UK. A general election is imminent. The right-wing Conservatives are expected to relinquish the reins of power to the left-wing Labour Party. That would...Read more

06-02-2024|1 comment|author: Simon Walton