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Louise Haigh

September 2024

  • Yellow-and-black Bee Network bus drives through Manchester at night

    The Guardian view on a boost for buses: reversing deregulation is the right move

    Editorial: Empowering councils as well as mayors to run buses is a step towards the transport integration England needs
  • A Bee Network yellow bus in Bolton.

    Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services

    Plans will be put before MPs on Monday that extend right to all councils to set routes and timetables
  • Christian Wolmar

    I have the ideal road plan for Britain. Take the 16 major highway schemes worth £15bn and bin them

    Christian Wolmar
    New ministers now face a historic choice: more roads of dubious value or fresh thinking to secure growth – and fight climate breakdown, says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

August 2024

  • A train moving on tracks by a sea wall.

    Minister warns CrossCountry about ‘dire’ service amid reduced timetable

    Transport secretary had ‘no choice’ but to approve cuts – but warns she will take further action if improvements not made

July 2024

  • Cycle Superhighway route, London.

    Cycling campaigners call for end to culture war on active travel

  • She waves at the camera wearing cream jacket and low-cut top

    ‘We’ll move fast and fix things’: the big transport issues for Labour