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Britain’s biggest rail strike in decades will cause mass travel chaos around the country from tomorrow. Services on the railways and London Underground will be crippled from Tuesday in a walkout on a scale not seen since 1989 in a row over pay, jobs and conditions. Over 50,000 members of …

Postboxes in Oxfordshire were boarded up after congestion caused by road closures to create low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) meant postmen could no longer meet collection times. Royal Mail was forced to reduce services in Cowley and East Oxford after traffic was funnelled onto main roads making journey times markedly longer. …

French authorities will only allow British visitors into France if they have a ‘compelling reason’ to do so – and this does not include travel for tourism or business The rules affect travellers using popular travel services like the EuroStar ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Thousands of travellers are …

Grant Shapps today blamed ‘distribution issues’ on the lack of lateral flow tests as the Government website revealed delivery slots had run out and pharmacies were told they couldn’t have extra swabs despite entire cities running out.   In an uncomfortable interview with Sky News, the Transport Secretary today claimed there are …

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will hold crunch talks over the future of Britain’s railways next week after delaying publication of the biggest review of the train network since privatisation. Plans to publish a rail blueprint before May’s local elections have been shelved with the Treasury at loggerheads with the …

But Mr Brown said: “We are operating a service that the Government wants us to operate to allow key workers to get to places … and keep industry going. And we are being paid a management fee for running that contract.    “If you were talking to [waste management company] Veolia …

Town halls have been ordered to consult more with local people after an outcry in The Telegraph over the way some roads have been shut and replaced with cycle lanes. Grant Shapps admitted some local authorities had “got it wrong” and “had not thought through” plans before shutting roads to …

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Boris Johnson’s 3-year UK spending master plan set to be ditched https://on.ft.com/37t2FN0 Government threatens to take direct control of Transport for London https://on.ft.com/31mAxan Royal Mail launches …

Quarantine for people returning to the UK will be slashed to seven days under a radical overhaul of the Government’s coronavirus travel ban. Grant Shapps told the virtual ABTA travel industry conference today that travellers will self-isolate at home and take a Covid test a week after landing. The Transport …

Keith Williams, chairman of Royal Mail and ex-BA boss, was hired two years ago to conduct the biggest review of the railways since privatisation. Source link