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Cornwall, Liverpool and Norfolk among winners of new bus funding

Improvements include making services more frequent, better reliability, cheaper fares and greener buses.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson will bow to pressure from Conservative MPs to block new onshore wind farms

Turbines will still require ‘local consent’ – despite criticism that strict rules act as an effective veto

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps unable to get Ukraine refugees he wants to host into UK, as criticism of delays grow

‘I just want to get the family over here and feel that they’re safe’, says ‘frustrated’ transport secretary

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson news - live: PM ‘misled public’, says Starmer as ethics chief apologises for Partygate fine

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says prime minister presided over ‘widespread criminality’

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps says UK will not ration energy in response to Ukraine invasion

Labour's Jonathan Reynolds said the government should follow in the pattern of other European countries, before appearing to backtrack an hour later

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss: Indiscriminate Russian attacks must be investigated as war crimes

The Foreign Secretary referred to the ‘appalling acts’ carried out by Russian forces in the towns of Irpin and Bucha.

The Independent UK

Facts need to be established amid allegations against MP Warburton – minister

David Warburton had had the Tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into claims about his behaviour.

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UK will not ration energy in response to Ukraine invasion – Shapps

The Cabinet minister’s comment came after Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds suggested the Government should consider rationing oil and gas.

The Independent UK

Minister rules out energy rationing in UK despite Ukraine crisis

Grant Shapps says invasion is ‘wake-up call’ but onshore wind plan seems to have been scaled down

The Guardian - UK

Prepare to ration oil and gas as energy crisis deepens, Labour tells ‘complacent’ government

‘There’s a lot of complacency in this country about the relative lower exposure to Russian gas that we have,’ says shadow business secretary

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps attacks new onshore wind turbines as ‘eyesore on the hills’, exposing cabinet split

Transport secretary fights expansion of renewable technology because of ‘problems of noise as well’

The Independent UK

UK grounds private jet with 'links to Russian oligarchs' over Ukraine invasion

The UK has blocked the use of another private jet as part of efforts to crack down on those who have benefited from Vladimir Putin's regime.

Daily Record

UK blocks another jet with links to Russian oligarchs over Ukraine invasion

Grant Shapps did not provide details of the aircraft, or its ownership, but said the move was taken on Saturday morning.

The Independent UK

UK prevents use of private jet linked to Russian oligarchs

After recent seizures of aircraft and yacht, Grant Shapps grounds plane at Luton airport pending investigation

The Guardian - UK

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Reuters

UK prevents use of private jet linked to Russian oligarchs - minister

British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Saturday he has prevented the use of another private jet that has links to Russian oligarchs.

The Independent UK

Criminal and civil probes launched into P&O Ferries sackings

P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 seafarers and replaced them with cheaper agency workers on March 17.

Wales Online

Criminal and civil investigations launched into P&O Ferries over sacking of 800 workers

The Insolvency Service launched the investigations earlier today

Daily Mirror

Criminal investigation launched into P&O Ferries for sacking 800 workers

The Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into P&O Ferries after the mass sacking of workers shocked the nation - and the firm's boss said he'd do the same again

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The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: criminal investigation launched after staff sackings

Insolvency Service starts ‘both criminal and civil investigations’ over firm’s dismissal of 786 workers

Daily Record

P&O Ferries faces criminal investigation into mass sacking of workers

The firm has been widely condemned for firing nearly 800 staff and replacing them with agency workers

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

Daily Record

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back

New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: What will pay raise for UK crew mean for future sailings?

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

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