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• Heathrow Border Force staff vote to strike in dispute over shift patterns

  22-03-2024 20:31
  
  No dates announced for industrial action, but stoppages could begin as soon as 8 April, says PCS unionBorder Force staff at Heathrow have voted to strike in a dispute over shift patterns.The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said 600 of its members, who carry out immigration controls and passport checks, voted 90% in favour of strike action. Continue reading...
  
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• What is the strategy for transport?

  22-03-2024 11:47 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A pragmatic consensus on transport policy has been shattered by the return of ‘war on the motorist’ rhetoric. We must do better
   Our current PM has boxed his government into being the motorist’s friend
   BY David Begg
  I have been on a sabbatical for a few years and have been catching up on transport policy from a fresh perspective. I have been shocked by the vacuum when it comes to strategy. What exactly is it that the government is trying to achieve?
  The ‘war on
  
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• Out now: Issue 309 of Passenger Transport

  22-03-2024 11:39 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 309 of Passenger Transport is published on March 8.Contents include:
   
   LEAD STORY
  Government u-turn on bus lane restrictionsThe National Bus Strategy says bus lanes ‘should be full time’ but new guidance from DfT says they should ‘only operate when it makes sense’
   NEWS EXTRA
  SPT says franchising is the only game in townA new report by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has concluded that bus franchising is the only option to stem long-term ne
  
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