‘Green’ number plates meant for electric vehicles ‘can be illegally bought by petrol and diesel owners for just £20 due to checks loophole’ Transport Secretary Grant Shapps launched green number plates late last year The plates, on sale for under £20, give drivers free access to clean air zones But the AA has found major … Read more
Grant Shapps has ruled out scrapping so-called ‘smart motorways’, while admitting their name was a ‘misnomer’. The Transport Secretary said yesterday that he ‘wouldn’t have gone about it like this’ were he in charge when they were launched and said mistakes were made in their roll-out which initially made them less safe. But he told … Read more
Government says it is up to France to save Eurostar as cross-Channel rail operator begs for taxpayer cash after losing 95 per cent of passengers due to Covid Grant Shapps says UK wants Eurostar ‘to survive’ but ‘it’s not our company’ Over half of the shares of the cross-channel rail service are owned by France … Read more
Government says it is up to France to save Eurostar as cross-Channel rail operator begs for taxpayer cash after losing 95 per cent of passengers due to Covid Grant Shapps says UK wants Eurostar ‘to survive’ but ‘it’s not our company’ Over half of the shares of the cross-channel rail service are owned by France … Read more
First look at new Union Jack number plates as EU flag vanishes from UK cars in the wake of Brexit European Union flags have been removed from new number plates Transport Secretary Grant Schapps tweeted an image of new design for cars Photocard driving licences also no longer display the EU flag, replaced by ‘UK’ … Read more
First look at new Union Jack number plates as EU flag vanishes from UK cars in the wake of Brexit European Union flags have been removed from new number plates Transport Secretary Grant Schapps tweeted an image of new design for cars Photocard driving licences also no longer display the EU flag, replaced by ‘UK’ … Read more
For the people of the Blyth Valley, it’s payback time. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a £34million fund to start to reinstate the passenger rail line between Newcastle and Ashington. This is seen by many as a reward for being the first constituency to breach the ‘red wall’ of seats extending across the Midlands … Read more
Smart motorways are ‘inherently unsafe’ and ‘should be abandoned’, a police and crime commissioner says. Dr Alan Billings, PCC for South Yorkshire, has written to the Government saying the abolition of the hard shoulder should be ‘abandoned’ before more people die. In a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Dr Billings accused Highways England of … Read more
Smart motorways are ‘inherently unsafe’ and ‘should be abandoned’, a police and crime commissioner says. Dr Alan Billings, PCC for South Yorkshire, has written to the Government saying the abolition of the hard shoulder should be ‘abandoned’ before more people die. In a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Dr Billings accused Highways England of … Read more
Britons could be the first drivers allowed to take their hands off the wheel on motorways to watch films, send texts or check emails as Grant Shapps pushes plan for driverless cars New lanekeeping technology introduced was introduced to Britain on Friday Introduction is stage three of five needed to see self-driving cars on the road Grant … Read more