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Who is Louise Haigh? Labour’s transport secretary who negotiated pay deal with rail union

Sheffield MP, who is a former shop steward for Unite, has promised a “radical overhaul” of public transport

The Independent UK

Just when passengers thought they could count on a rail trip, LNER announces bumper weekend strikes

The Man Who Pays His Way: Jubilation at airlines as train travellers wonder: what fresh hell is this?

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ strike over? Now fix the real problems with the railway

New transport secretary, Louise Haigh, was right when she vowed to end three years of strikes swiftly on taking office.

The Independent UK

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Aslef train drivers reach deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos

Last long-running dispute between unions and English train companies will be resolved if members back offer

The Guardian - UK

'We will have to increase taxes in the Budget,' signals Rachel Reeves

Chancellor’s admission on tax hikes comes just weeks after Labour was elected to power

Evening Standard

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh hit by train delay on way to Parliament to renationalise railways

MPs were due to debate legislation to renationalise railways on Monday

Evening Standard

Louise Haigh launches historic rail nationalisation scheme in bid to prove Labour’s socialist credentials

Exclusive: New transport secretary Louise Haigh dubs herself ‘the passenger-in-chief’ as she speaks to The Independent about the biggest nationalisation programme in 50 years

The Independent UK

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Ticket machines and scanners go down at London stations amid global IT outage

Train cancellations continued to cause delays across the London Underground network on Saturday

Evening Standard

How would Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways work?

Transport secretary Louise Haigh is spearheading Labour’s ambitious plans

The Independent UK

Euston station as final London HS2 terminus to undergo early review - minister

Louise Haigh says she was ‘working at pace’ to determine what to do with the proposed station and wider redevelopment of the area

Evening Standard

Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’

Separate measures in king’s speech will allow government to take operators into public ownership while Great British Railways is set up

The Guardian - UK

Buses, trains and bicycle paths: Labour’s mission to decarbonise UK transport

Environment experts call for bold action as party attempts to revamp creaking infrastructure to hit net zero

The Guardian - UK

Labour summons bosses of worst-performing train operators to meetings

Network Rail route directors will also attend next week as UK government aims to reform railways quickly

The Guardian - UK

The Government’s confirmed key policy positions at a glance

Labour has hit the ground running after a landslide General Election victory provided scope for major changes.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘We’ll move fast and fix things’: the big transport issues for Labour

Transport secretary Louise Haigh says reform of rail leading to full renationalisation will be a priority

The Guardian - UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s cabinet will have most female ministers in history

It will, however, only have three from minority ethnic backgrounds despite a record 89 being elected to parliament

The Independent UK

Rail: Labour promises fares reform and billions of pounds of savings for taxpayers

The Man Who Pays His Way: Lies, damned lies and party promises about the railways

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer ally Louise Haigh defends Labour leader's jibe at Jeremy Corbyn manifesto from 2019

Shadow transport secretary says: ‘That was the worst election defeat we'd suffered in our history. And we've learned from those lessons.’

The Independent UK

Tories embroiled in hypocrisy row over anti-Ulez pledge

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh told The Independent the Conservatives’ plan for drivers is ‘rank hypocrisy from a party in total chaos’

The Independent UK

Labour plans to ‘simplify’ process to change gender

The process would stop the ‘futile and dehumanising’ parts of changing gender, Labour said

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why Labour just pledged to renationalise the railways – and how it might work

In today’s newsletter: The party suddenly announced an ambitious plan to bring the rail system into public ownership

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour and rail renationalisation: a sensible plan that passengers need

Editorial: Train services are essential to the health of the economy, society and environment. These proposals are pragmatic and welcome

The Guardian - UK

British railways under Tories are symbol of national decline, says Labour

Party plans to nationalise network and ‘unlock the trapped potential’ of rail to drive economic growth across the country

Evening Standard

London commuter belt to benefit from TfL-style 'best-price guarantee' fares under Labour rail plan

‘Bold reforms’ would see most passenger services renationalised within five years under Labour’s ‘Great British Railways’ plan

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