Councils have defended their use of parking charges after a poll of drivers by the motoring organisation the RAC found that four in ten drivers think councils are using this revenue to subsidise...
Policymakers must not neglect passenger transport serving isolated communities in both rural and urban areas, MPs on the transport committee have warned.
An urban regeneration company charged with leading the redevelopment of central Birmingham has been established, capitalising on the city’s status as a High Speed 2 hub.
Auditors have urged the Department for Transport to better coordinate procurement of trains and rail infrastructure upgrades after concluding that plans to electrify the Great Western mainline at the...
The Office of Rail Regulation has ordered government-owned Network Rail to pay back £53m to the Treasury after failing to meet punctuality targets in the five years between 2009 and 2014.
The government today signed growth deals with each of the 39 local enterprise partnerships in England under the £2bn single pot reforms for economic development, but more than £250m...
Councils have pledged to fill more than 3 million potholes to receive allocations from the government’s £168m Potholes Challenge Fund, the Department for Transport has announced.
Virgin Trains will continue running trains on the West Coast mainline for a further two years and nine months, with the firm agreeing to pay the government more than £430m to run the franchise.
The government has been warned that a lack of consistency in the funding of road maintenance for both the Highways Agency and local authorities is putting public value at risk.
Plans to devolve funding for transport projects to local enterprise partnerships could mean that infrastructure in some parts of the England gets left behind, MPs have warned today.
The Welsh Government has confirmed it intends to make full use of the direct borrowing powers it will be granted following the passage of the Wales Bill later this year.
Planning for passenger and freight transport infrastructure must be better coordinated to ensure they can both support economic growth, MPs said today.
The government has been urged to give cities in England five-year capital allocations for transport improvements, similar to the long-term funding deals given to Transport for London.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today approved reforms to the Highways Agency that will establish the operator of England’s strategic road network as a standalone company.
Councils will need to sign a pledge setting out how many potholes they will fix over the next year to qualify for money from a new Whitehall road-repair fund, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin...
Chancellor George Osborne today said the ‘tough decisions’ taken to cut government spending since 2010 have allowed the Treasury to prioritise infrastructure investments to boost growth.
The total government subsidy of the railways has fallen to £4bn, with no net support being provided to train operators across Britain, according to figures published by the industry regulator today
Three rail trade unions have today launched an application for judicial review to halt the government’s attempts to re-privatise services on the East Coast mainline
Health and social care spending should be a merged into a single ring-fenced budget as the current split between the NHS and local government is no longer fit for purpose, a commission has concluded
The deteriorating condition of roads in England and Wales has become a national crisis, councils have warned today, with a total repair backlog now standing at £12bn
Network Rail has today begun the implementation of a five-year £38bn investment programme that will include a major upgrade to railways in the north of England.
Controversial government plans to re-privatise train services on the East Coast railway line have taken a step forward after ministers published the invitation to tender for the contract
