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North East MP defends plan for longer lorries on UK roads despite cycling safety worries

Roads minister Richard Holden defended the plans during a visit to the Greggs HQ on Wednesday, but local campaigners say longer lorries 'only increase the risk to people walking and cycling'

Chronicle Live

‘Disingenuous’: Inflationary trade-off in Jim Chalmers’ budget

Jim Chalmers claims his cost-of-living package won't worsen inflation, but experts take a different view, saying it will.

The New Daily

UK government minister says 'obsessive ideology' is damaging transport in Wales

Richard Holden made the comments despite Wales missing out on billions worth of transport funding from the UK government

Wales Online

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Tory levelling-up cash used to sort out 'Brexit passport mess' at Dover

Tens of millions pounds from the fund meant to help revive high streets in deprived towns is instead being pumped into the Kent port to tackle Brexit-fuelled delays

Daily Mirror

Labour pledges to fix ‘broken’ bus system

The party has committed to handing more control of routes and fares to local communities.

The Independent UK

Young drivers could be banned from giving friends lifts under new plans

Campaign to stop under-25s carrying passengers in the first months after passing their test to be considered next month

Chronicle Live

Use prisoners to help keep country’s motorways tidy, says ex-roads minister

Conservative MP Sir Mike Penning said he was informed during his time in Government that such a move would not be safe

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New young drivers could be banned from giving their friends a lift

Roads minister to meet with campaigners on 16 May to discuss scheme previously rejected as unworkable

The Independent UK

Learners falling victim to flourishing black market in driving tests – MP

Lib Dem Munira Wilson said third parties are using ‘bots’ to snap up slots on the Government’s own website.

The Independent UK

Reserve Bank minutes divide experts amid optimism and pessimism on rate hikes

"Anyone who thinks the RBA will hold rates at 3.6 per cent have some cause for concern following the release of RBA April minutes".

The New Daily

Tory MPs at risk of losing seats allowed to stand in other constituencies

Exclusive: Several MPs who had shock wins in 2019 will be able to run in other seats after being designated ‘displaced’

The Guardian - UK

Suspended Tory MP Scott Benton ‘said there were ways to keep corporate hospitality secret’

The now suspended Scott Benton told an undercover reporter ‘companies try to be quite cute about the level of the hospitality’

Evening Standard

MP Scott Benton ‘said there were ways to keep corporate hospitality secret’

He reportedly laughed after telling undercover reporters there are ‘ways around’ parliamentary rules on the declaration of corporate hospitality.

The Independent UK

MPs’ corporate jollies kept secret, laughing MP recorded saying

Scott Benton said there were ‘ways around’ strict rules

The Independent UK

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Prime Minister has lost ‘grip’ over the lobbying of his own MPs, says Starmer

Scott Benton showed a ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules MPs are expected to follow, the Labour leader said.

The Independent UK

Use of barges and RAF sites to house migrants is evidence of failure – Starmer

The Government should focus on tackling the backlog of asylum claims, the Labour leader said.

Daily Mirror

Tory sleaze is back, warns Keir Starmer as MP caught in lobbying undercover sting

The Labour leader hit out after Tory MP Scott Benton was caught on camera offering to make representations on behalf of people he believed to be gambling investors

The Guardian - UK

Dorset asylum seeker barge will not be like a prison, says minister

But Richard Holden also says efforts will be made to avoid people needing to leave port to access local services

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The Independent UK

Tories turn on MP caught in gambling industry lobbying sting

Scott Benton has party whip suspended after undercover footage showed he offered to lobby for bogus firm

The Independent UK

Plan to allow fuel tankers to operate at full capacity during disruption

The Department for Transport is consulting on allowing tankers to operate at full capacity to keep forecourts stocked.

The Independent UK

Transport Minister hopes City of Derry Airport can become self-sustaining

Richard Holden was speaking during a visit to the airport after the confirmation of funding to support the route to London.

Daily Mirror

Labour councils spend £4.24 more per person fixing potholes than Tory town halls

But the Tories issued a staunch defence of their own spending on fixing roads - then refused to provide the evidence

Chronicle Live

Business leaders put pressure on Government to re-open Leamside rail line

North East business groups have joined some major employers in calling on the Government to commit funding to the key transport scheme

Chronicle Live

Tory minister will back Leamside Line reopening 'when Labour tell us how they will find the money'

North West Durham MP and transport minister Richard Holden declined to match Labour's commitment to restore trains to the mothballed Leamside Line

Chronicle Live

Newly-unveiled Tyne and Wear Metro trains are 'best you would see anywhere in the world'

One of the first trains in the Metro's £362m new, Swiss-built fleet was showcased on Friday and should be in passenger service by the end of this year

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