Whitehall and Westminster World

The plan to introduce a thousand extra carriages on the railway announced recently by Douglas Alexander, the transport secretary, highlights ...

7 30am A difficult breakfast meeting. David Rowlands, the permanent secretary, was none too pleased at being told he was ...

Governments of both hues have shied away from the fundamental question about the railways. What, in the 21st century, when ...

The new franchise contract for GNER on the East Coast Main Line, announced in April, marks a radical departure from ...