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• Adonis on Brexit: ‘No mandarin backs May. Government has broken down’

  30-12-2017 23:00
  Andrew Adonis, in first full interview since his resignation, says Theresa May’s cabinet has landed Whitehall with a ‘nervous breakdown’Andrew Adonis was in church in the Austrian village of Alpbach on Christmas Day when he decided to step down as chair of the national infrastructure commission. The Alpine air had cleared his mind and led him to what he had suspected for some weeks might be his eventual decision.In a nutshell, he had realised his differences with Theresa May&rs
  
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• Season ticket sales slide as passengers rebel against cost of rail travel

  30-12-2017 21:14
  Latest figures suggest fed-up commuters are abandoning the train as fares are set to rise againThe number of rail journeys made using season tickets has fallen to a seven-year low, as passenger groups warn that fare rises are forcing commuters to abandon the train.Figures slipped out by the Department for Transport before Christmas reveal a 9.4% drop in season ticket sales between July and September 2017 compared with the same quarter the previous year. There was a double-digit drop the previous
  
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• Brexit is a 'nationalist spasm': Lord Adonis resigns as infrastructure tsar

  30-12-2017 16:09
  Labour peer urges his party to support second referendum as he steps down as chair of national commissionBrexit has caused a “nervous breakdown” in Whitehall, the former Labour minister Andrew Adonis has said following his resignation as chair of the government-backed National Infrastructure Commission.Lord Adonis resigned on Friday in protest at Theresa May’s management of Britain’s departure from the EU, describing the process as “a dangerous populist and national
  
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• Brexit is a 'nationalist spasm': Adonis resigns as infrastructure tsar

  30-12-2017 10:59
  Labour peer urges his party to support second referendum as he steps down as chair of national commissionBrexit has caused a “nervous breakdown” in Whitehall, the former Labour minister Andrew Adonis has said following his resignation as chair of the government-backed National Infrastructure Commission.Lord Adonis resigned on Friday in protest at Theresa May’s management of Britain’s departure from the EU, describing the process as “a dangerous populist and national
  
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• Unions blame train firms and ministers for New Year's Eve rail strikes

  30-12-2017 01:01
  Longrunning disputes over guards and rosters surface again as RMT plans 24-hour action leading to delays and cancellationsNew Year’s Eve rail travel is set to be disrupted because of fresh strikes in long-running disputes over the role of guards on trains and other issues.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway (SWR) and CrossCountry will walk out for 24 hours on Sunday, causing delays and cancellations. Continue reading...
  
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