Charity sets out rail reforms as open access debate intensifies
The Campaign for Better Transport has published seven ‘key priorities’ for making the government’s programme of rail reform a success. The list has appeared as the debate over open access continues to heat up, after allegations that the presence of competing operators on the East Coast Main Line is set to cost LNER more than a billion pounds over the next ten years.
Derby engineers move to Alstom Litchurch Lane in jobs boostAn established firm of railway engineers in Derby is moving from its premises in Pride Park to the Alstom site in Litchurch Lane, which is the largest rolling stock works in Britain. Around 25 new jobs will be created.
HS2 probes claims of inflated staff chargesIt has been revealed that an investigation is under way into allegations of irregular billing for workers building HS2. A whistleblower claims that two companies supplying staff to contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI had charged for supplying them as if they were on PAYE, which would presumably have included national insurance, when in fact they were self-employed.
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