Shapps to be grilled over ‘pitiful’ flexible season ticket discounts
Commuters will save as little as 3.7pc compared to normal peak prices, Telegraph analysis finds
25 May 2021 • 5:32pm
Grant Shapps will be grilled over the “pitiful” discounts on offer for commuters using new flexible rail season tickets in an appearance before MPs.
The Transport Secretary is set to face a barrage of questions over the flagship initiative following
Telegraph analysis revealing the discount can be as low as 3.7pc when compared to buying a normal peak time ticket.
Mr Shapps is due to face the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday to discuss the Government’s launch of “Great British Railways” - a public sector body that will bring track and trains together for the first time in three decades.
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DVLA staff four-day strike begins today â Another Covid-19 outbreak feared!
DVLA workers on a demonstration against Tory government cuts
STAFF at the DVLA office in Swansea begin their four-day strike today after fears of a fresh Covid-19 outbreak as more than 2,000 people go into the Swansea office every day.
Workers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union were on strike last month.
Over 1,400Â staff working in unsafe conditions at the Swansea site walked out for three days at the beginning of April.
A coronavirus outbreak was declared at the DVLAâs contact centre in Swansea in December 2020. By the end of February this year, 560 Covid cases had been recorded amongst DVLA employees, working on site and from home since September.
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COVID-19: Deadline missed for list of holiday destinations under traffic light system - but early May date set
An initial deadline for grading countries under a new traffic light system for international travel has been missed by the government.
A report last week by the Commons Transport Select Committee said the lists of destinations should be published by Saturday 1 May at the latest , although this has not happened.
Instead, the Department for Transport said the lists will be made public in early May .
The travel industry has been