Ruth Kelly

                   

Transport offers little to stimulate economy

ft.com
30-Oct-2008 2 related
        

By Jean Eaglesham and Robert Wright Alistair Darling will be forced to exclude virtually all transport projects from his plans to bring forward spending to mitigate the impact of the recession, Geoff Hoon, the transport...

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High-speed rail back on agenda

bbc.co.uk
29-Oct-2008
        

Maglev trains can travel at over 300mph but are expensive to build Ministers are to consider new high-speed rail lines - a year after the idea was rejected as too costly. Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon said he would not rule...

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Ministers and transport officials to examine high-speed rail line plans

24dash.com
29-Oct-2008
        

The National Networks Strategy Group, chaired by Transport Minister Lord Adonis, will also consider extending the use of motorway hard shoulders as a method of tackling congestion and further electrification of the rail...

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apn.co.nz: Airlines would welcome further Heathrow expansion. Photo / AP apn.co.nz

Mayor's Fantasy Island idea to replace Heathrow

apn.co.nz
27-Oct-2008
        

To some, it is the perfect antidote to the frustration experienced by millions of Heathrow passengers each year and the misery of those who endure the drone of jet engines passing over their homes. A new airport built at sea...

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Voters to get right to block roadpricing schemes

telegraph.co.uk
26-Oct-2008
        

Rebel Labour backbenchers are set to force through plans to give voters the right to block any local road-pricing scheme. Graham Stringer, a former minister, has tabled a new clause to the Local Transport Bill, which would make...

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Will Boris's airport sink or swim?

independent.co.uk
27-Oct-2008
        

To some it is the perfect antidote to the frustration experienced by millions of Heathrow passengers each year and the misery of those who endure the drone of jet engines passing over their homes. A new airport built at sea...

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Banned teachers could be allowed back in classroom under new 'child protection' measures

telegraph.co.uk
26-Oct-2008
        

Banned teachers could be allowed back in the classroom because of a loophole in new child protection rules, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. But the register it will replace – List 99 – also includes thousands of staff who...

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