Shapps launches ‘Acceleration Unit’ to speed up transport infrastructure projects
21 Aug 2020 Transport
Shapps launches ‘Acceleration Unit’ to speed up transport infrastructure projects
Move comes as Crossrail bosses reveal line will cost an extra £450m and not open until 2022
Coronavirus: Foreign Office ‘too slow‘ to repatriate Brits stranded abroad when pandemic hit
28 Jul 2020 Transport
Coronavirus: Foreign Office ‘too slow‘ to repatriate Brits stranded abroad when pandemic hit
MPs praise staff for work in “challenging conditions" of Covid-19
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
30 Jun 2020 Transport
PM unveils infrastructure spending and planning reforms to ‘build, build, build’ out of Covid-19 crisis
"Times demand” interventionist policies to aid UK's economic recovery, Boris Johnson says
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
30 Jun 2020 Transport
Leicester lockdown: shops and schools to shut again as government re-imposes local curbs
City accounted for 10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week, says health secretary
Brexit: Michael Gove says there will be ‘additional new processes’ at Northern Ireland border
21 May 2020 Transport
Brexit: Michael Gove says there will be ‘additional new processes’ at Northern Ireland border

Cabinet Office minister says there will be “some limited additional process on goods arriving in Northern Ireland” under the Brexit deal
Departmental taskforces to chart routes out of lockdown for sectors closed by coronavirus
13 May 2020 Transport
Departmental taskforces to chart routes out of lockdown for sectors closed by coronavirus

Minister-led groups to tackle changes faced by aviation industry, shops, pubs and other sectors affected by coronavirus
Coronavirus: Government to charter flights in bid to bring thousands of stranded Brits home
31 Mar 2020 Transport
Coronavirus: Government to charter flights in bid to bring thousands of stranded Brits home

FCO to return flights where commercial airlines are no longer operating, says Raab
Pointing the way to the future: how technology will change transport
31 Mar 2020 Transport
Pointing the way to the future: how technology will change transport

As part of Civil Service World’s Digital Transformation special edition, we asked sector experts to share their insight on how a broad range of near-term advances in technology will transform the way public services are delivered.
Coronavirus: DfT effectively ends rail franchising to keep trains running
23 Mar 2020 Transport
Coronavirus: DfT effectively ends rail franchising to keep trains running

Current operators will run services under new ‘emergency measures agreements’
Whitehall row ‘stalling government promise’ to slash rail fares
15 Mar 2020 Transport
Whitehall row ‘stalling government promise’ to slash rail fares

Lack of action leading to a “year of wait and see”, warns rail industry
IPA creates new director post to aid ‘infrastructure revolution’
05 Mar 2020 Transport
IPA creates new director post to aid ‘infrastructure revolution’

Body offers £149,500 a year for official to oversee work on HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and nuclear projects
Government to give final go ahead to HS2
11 Feb 2020 Transport
Government to give final go ahead to HS2

Ministers also reveal package of funding to boost bus travel and cycling across England as part of transport package