Andy McDonald Archives - The Labour Party

“Following the disastrous East Coast franchise decision, giving a contract to Carillion is yet another example of the negligent and carefree approach towards awarding contracts from Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling."

Friday 5 January 2018 Andy McDonald / Rail

Bailout of East Coast rail is undoubtedly good news for the pay packet of Richard Branson – Andy McDonald

Tuesday 2 January 2018 Andy McDonald / Rail

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Rail passengers don’t need another review from the Tories to tell them that rail is broken – McDonald

Passengers need affordable, reliable train services – Andy McDonald

Andy McDonald comments on latest Transport Select Committee report

Andy McDonald commenting on Theresa May’s announcement of £106m funding for the research and development of zero-emission vehicles

Andy McDonald responds to East Coast mainline delays on new infrastructure

Tinkering won’t change the fact that rail franchising has failed

Labour reveals Tory Rail Mayhem: Corbyn pledges to deliver Crossrail for the North as millions of passengers face overcrowding, delays and cancellations

Andy McDonald responding to the planned Northern Rail strikes

Labour Build it in Britain campaign – disastrous exporting of rail manufacturing to end under Labour

Tory obsession with privatisation putting future of the railway at risk

Chris Grayling fails to show up in Parliament for second time in two weeks to explain Govia Thameslink mess

Govia and other failing operators should be stripped of their franchises immediately – Andy McDonald

Tories to let state-backed companies from other nations run our railways – Andy McDonald

Labour hold “Rail Mayhem” campaign day to hold Chris Grayling to account

Greg Hands’ resignation over Heathrow third runway piles the pressure on Boris Johnson – Andy McDonald

Labour: Four Tests on Heathrow expansion not met

Labour seeks to force no confidence vote in Chris Grayling

It’s no surprise we’re seeing biggest drop in rail passenger numbers in 25 years – Andy McDonald

Andy McDonald responds to resignation of FirstGroup CEO

Andy McDonald responds to remarks by Chris Grayling blaming Network Rail for timetabling chaos

Government’s approach to contingency planning for lorries on M20 to Dover has been incompetent and disastrous – Andy McDonald

Privatised rail is broken beyond repair but ignore the Tory spin, this is not nationalisation – Andy McDonald

The Government must hold BMW to account – Andy McDonald

Andy McDonald responds to rail companies launching a public consultation on train fares

Labour to introduce free bus travel for under-25s

The Tories have no strategy for improving Britain’s railways – McDonald

Chris Grayling let the cat out of the bag last night by exposing how unprepared the Government are for leaving the EU – McDonald

Tories’ commitment to privatised rail is rewarding failure – McDonald

Andy McDonald responds to Network Rail’s strategy for rail investment

Chris Grayling should apologise to Parliament and retract his statement – Andy McDonald

This is yet another Tory handout to private shareholders at the public’s expense – Andy McDonald

British lorries to share 1,200 permits between 75,000 after Brexit – Andy McDonald

Passengers are paying over the odds, often for substandard services – McDonald

The government should step in and take over Carillion rail contracts – Andy McDonald

Bailout of East Coast rail is undoubtedly good news for the pay packet of Richard Branson – Andy McDonald

Rail fare rises under Tories are ‘truly staggering’ – Andy McDonald MP

For the many, not the few