I have just finished reading two superb briefings from the House of Commons Library: Price Controls and State Intervention in the Rail Market and Railways: EU Policy. Three points emerge: That the Library produces first-class work: readable, clear, appropriately detailed, targeted. That the rail market in the UK is far from […]
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Transport Committee – UK Parliament
I was delighted this evening to be elected by colleagues to serve on Parliament’s Transport Committee: The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for Transport. Its formal remit was to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its […]
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From our correspondent and with permission: Dear All, Angela and I have just come back from a trip to Oberammergau. We went via high speed train from St Pancras to Brussels and then again from Cologne to Munich and Munich to Worgle. The fact of the matter is that “high […]
Read MoreHow can we re-think government to deliver more for less?
Via HMT – Spending Challenge, an attempt to “crowd source” government spending: The Spending Challenge is your chance to help shape the way government works. We need to reduce the deficit by cutting public spending in a way that is fair and responsible – and you can help. It could be […]
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