0 December 2, 2002Let’s get things movingIT’S six months since Alistair Darling landed the Government’s least popular top job: Transport Secretary. The...
1 December 1, 2002The truth about PFI schemesThe vote against the Private Finance Initiative at the recent Labour party conference is testimony to...
0 November 27, 2002Rail 449: Who’ll dare tell the emperor that he’s wearing no clothes?Richard Bowker has done a sterling job in pulling the Strategic Rail Authority together, but he...
0 November 13, 2002Rail 448: The unintelligible language that’s strangling the railwayWhen will the privatised railway ever learn from its mistakes? In the wake of the Special...
0 November 1, 2002Proposals ‘down the tube’?The battle for London’s underground is almost over. Five years ago, the government drew up plans...
0 October 30, 2002Rail 447: Who really runs the railways under privatisation Mk 2?The new model of privatisation is far preferable to its discredited predecessor but, asks CHRISTIAN WOLMAR,...
0 October 20, 2002Privatiation of BR ‘flawed’, top official admitsThe senior civil servant who pushed through rail privatisation admits in a forthcoming television programme he...
0 October 16, 2002Rail 446: In-house maintenance would put railway’s house in orderThe takeover of Railtrack by Network Rail has rightly been welcomed across the industry, but the...
0 October 2, 2002Rail 445: The ‘Oliver Twist’ TOCs must put away their begging bowlsTrain operators want to have their franchise cake and eat it, pocketing the profits when successful...
0 October 2, 2002Local government deserves real powerThe issue of local versus national interest has been a perennial theme surrounding local government ever...
0 September 18, 2002Rail 444: Operators’ CUP will no longer runneth over in new rail eraThe flat-earthers of the industry may not recognise the reality, but the Strategic Rail Authority has...
0 August 21, 2002Rail 442: Expulsions but extra pocket money for the class of 2002In his annual end-of-term report, headmaster CHRISTIAN WOLMAR gives his verdict on the performance of pupils...
0 August 7, 2002Rail 441: So, Chairman Bowker – just what are the franchises for?The creation of Network Rail has effectively renationalised the infrastructure, but CHRISTIAN WOLMAR believes the other...
0 August 7, 2002A setback and a step upI was working at Shelter in 1980 when the Right to Buy was introduced by Mrs...
0 August 2, 2002Residents’ involvement the key to successful housing schemesIn March, the last tenants in the Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust were finally relocated to...