How many people need to get to Heathrow or places in West London, relative to other destinations? As there is no plan (or money) to link up the Overground or Central Line, the connections to West London aren't all that great either.
Not very lucrative though, relative to selling it off to the highest bidder.
Recent video of active construction works of viaducts at the north corner of the triangle (south of the "Leeds" turnoff) can be seen in post #244 of this the HS2 Birmingham area construction thread:
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It sees itself as ''the paper of record'', which may sound pompous but is a reflection of the position it's held for the majority of the two and a bit centuries it's existed. Now, whether you regard that as ''pro-establishment'' is a matter of opinion. but I'd agree it veers towards that stance on the whole: it certainly couldn't be described as ''anti-establishment'' though. The danger of a proprietor trying to alter this balance is real, but so far it's not happened. The danger could be when Rupert Murdoch's long life ends, particularly if that coincides with a Trump presidency. Now we have a Labour government, at least they should be alert to the possibility, so long as Keir Starmer doesn't go mad and invite Nadine Dorries to join the party as a working peeress!
That costs the government nothing directly. Most passholders rarely or never use them anyway, especially since regular bus services have disappeared from swathes of the country.
But there’s no way £85 million would cover delivery of all of those - even accounting for money that can’t be saved because it’s already been spent.
Since the new Government assumed power, have they made any statements about improving the bus service provision?
I did say directly. The government neither issues bus passes nor deals with recompensing the bus companies for their use. How the accounting of the £880m is dealt with I don't know, but I wouldn't think it's on a Chancellor's radar.
A bit like the Freedom Pass in London then, but the extra benefits aren't funded by central government.
The state issues the bus passes and reimburses the bus operators, which particular department of the state is responsible makes no real difference.
How many of the RYR projects will resurface conditional upon the relevant authority accepting xyz extra new homes?
You've hit the nail on the head with the word "embarrassing", but this context goes back a lot further. HS2 was planned to benefit Heathrow from the outset, but then right back in 2009, the "Heathrow imperative" was downgraded. However, by then a great deal of planning had already gone into the Chiltern route (as necessitated by running close to Heathrow), and it was too embarrassing to change the route to the far more sensible M1 corridor.
It isn't a one off rise of 22% for doctors, but the compounding of different increases. Pensioners have had similar increases when compounded up.
Perhaps the answer is to have rather than a tower, an archway in the La Défense style which would frame St Paul’s and also reference the Doric Arch at Euston.
I suppose concessionary bus passes are on her radar also, well for Seniors & not travellers with disabilities. Who knows though anything is possible
Correct and a good approach in my opinion.
And free prescriptions? Perhaps the qualifying age will be increased, as has happened with the bus pass.I suppose concessionary bus passes are on her radar also, well for Seniors & not travellers with disabilities. Who knows though anything is possible
Actually not a bad idea.!
Good shout I forgot about that, I qualify being an oldie & I had a face to face with a doctor last week my first in six years, a prescription that for me now would be ‘free’ he suggested I could buy the medication OTC & that helps save the NHS money, I was lost for words, well the words that were in my head I kept there.
And although alot was made by Starmer before the GE about getting people on the buses i can definitely see the £2 fares being scrapped which if course will have the opposite effect.I suppose concessionary bus passes are on her radar also, well for Seniors & not travellers with disabilities. Who knows though anything is possible
The Conservatives proposed it, had a consultation, then dropped it.
As I understand it, they don’t need to do anything to scrap it. The current cap is defined until the end of the year, they would have to actively do something to extend it further.
Yep, poorly worded by me but it must be costing a good amount of money so it has to be doubtful it will be extended, especially as much of the money is going in to the pockets of foreign owned companies.
