These are areas that have been neglected for many years. The big cities have had rather greater attention for many years.
When his family fell on hard times, education made the difference. Were there to be a vacancy in that department, he would be an obvious candidate.
Plus: Twitter seems to know more about my medical state than my GP. And: Kuenssberg’s unguarded moment.
Our principle must be to increase choices in transport – not to reduce them. We need to bring the public with us.
The Transport Secretary has set up a reform committee which is getting ready to use the pandemic to rout the Luddites in the rail unions.
In an open society, people and businesses have the freedom to move around; to take advantage of opportunity.
It’s speeches for Sunak, Patel and Raab; interviews in different formats for Gove, Hancock and others; while others still are relegated to panels…
Failure is not inevitable. Elsewhere, effective transport networks are being delivered. We need that in our capital.
We must not abandon our responsibilities and let irreplaceable historic sites be viewed as little more than obstacles to progress.