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P&O Ferries’ rivals set to meet with officials after mass sacking of staff

DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

The Independent UK

London mayor threatens legal action over minister’s veto on housing plan

TfL exploring options after transport secretary blocks planned development on tube station car park

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps told about P&O ‘challenges’ but not redundancies in November meeting

The Department for Transport said that Mr Shapps was not told about any plans to lay off workers

Wales Online

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£1.5 billion boost for electric vehicles as BP and Government to build thousands more charging points

Energy giant BP and the UK government will now aim for up to a combined 60,000 sites

Evening Standard

New law on using satnavs could now land you a £200 fine

Motorists could even be banned from the road if they are caught breaking the new rules

Wales Online

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law - and claims they warned Tories last YEAR

Chief Executive Peter Hebbelthwaite claimed the firm warned Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last year that P&O would be "needing to make changes to our business this year”

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries claim they didn’t break key law - after change signed off by Chris Grayling

Former Transport Secretary Chris ‘failing’ Grayling signed off a legal change in 2018 that meant ships sacking staff had to notify the government of the country where they’re registered. P&O Ferries’ shops are registered in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Bermuda

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Talking Point: Should P&O pay back £10m furlough money after firing 800 staff?

The news that P&O was planning to lay off 800 staff on Thursday came as a shock to many, although perhaps not to those in the Department for Transport after the PM’s spokesman admitted that the government had been informed of the move on Wednesday (despite initially denying they knew…

Evening Standard

Rules on parking on pavements as Government 'actively considering' full ban across England

The Department for Transport considering a ban of the practice altogether in England

Chronicle Live

Cuts to bus services avoided after Department for Transport unveils £150m new funding

The funding will keep services running despite a reduction of passengers due to the coronavirus pandemic

Wales Online

Storm Franklin travel chaos forces Department for Transport's Leeds staff to stay at home

The base was set up to make big government departments less London-centric

Leeds Live

Government urged to keep emergency bus funding to avoid service cuts

The Department for Transport’s pandemic-related support for the sector is due to expire when the financial year ends on April 5.

Wales Online

Scotland Office agrees to raise issue of direct ferry links to Europe with UK Department for Transport

ALBA Party MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill met today (January 25) with the Scotland Office Minister Iain Stewart MP in a renewed push to re-establish direct ferry links from Scotland to mainland Europe.

Glasgow Live

First trains, now buses: Why a new roll-back on funding for the north could be the death knell for 'levelling up'

The Department for Transport rerouted some of the money earmarked for long-term transport reform to an emergency bus fund during the pandemic

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The Independent UK

Chris Boardman inspired to improve travel after daughter unable to ride safely

The Olympic cycling gold medallist has been appointed interim commissioner of the new Active Travel England (ATE) by the Department for Transport.

The Independent UK

‘The next announcement will arrive shortly’: just how annoying are train messages?

As the Department for Transport promises an end to banal train announcements, Simon Calder takes a one-hour trip to keep count

Wales Online

‘Endless torrent’ of train announcements in England to be silenced - Grant Shapps

The Department for Transport (DfT) said messages which “add unnecessary noise and disruption to journeys” will be cut

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