All news on the topic: Mark Harper

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Are you satisfied with your local bus service - vote in our poll
West Yorkshire bus service Arriva has been ranked as the worst operator in England, with only 66% of satisfied passengers - but we want to know what you think about your local bus company
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Rail fares rise by 4.9% today in blow for millions of train users and commuters
The rail fare increase increase will be applied to regulated tickets, such as season, anytime day, off-peak and super off-peak - here is everything you need to know
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Lee Anderson warns Rishi Sunak he's made a mistake by ditching him as a Tory MP
Former Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson criticised the Prime Minister's decision to strip him of the Tory whip, but he said he had not fallen out with him
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PM insists Lee Anderson isn't a racist as Tories admit he could be let back in
Labour leader Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of 'lacking the backbone' to call out Islamophobia after the PM insisted his party does not have a problem with Muslims
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Lee Anderson says it would be a 'sign of weakness' to apologise over racism row
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has insisted he won't apologise for claiming London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by 'Islamists" as Tory ministers suggest he could be welcomed back
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PM treating northerners as 'mugs' as he boasts about cash from axed HS2
At a special Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber Rishi Sunak will say the North and Midlands will receive £4.7billion in funds reallocated from the axed northern leg of HS2
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Non-ULEZ compliant vehicles to be sent to Ukraine
The move has been announced by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vehicles will be used for medical and humanitarian needs
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Tories face mauling in countryside as rural voters turn on them - see your area
New polling by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) found that Sir Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy Hunt and Therese Coffey are among the Tory MPs at risk of losing their seats
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Universal's plans for huge 500-acre theme park in UK gets backed by government
Universal Studios, which has resorts in US, Singapore, China and Japan, is known for rides such as Revenge of the Mummy, Transformers: The Ride 3D and Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
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Major UK airport that flew across Europe could reopen after £30million lifeline
Doncaster-Sheffield Airport was shutdown in 2022 when owner Peel Group said it was financially unviable, closing a travel hub which once sent passengers on TUI and Wizz Air flights
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Train drivers strike to cause widespread travel disruption for passengers
The latest wave of strikes by train drivers will cause fresh travel chaos for passengers on Friday, Saturday and Monday
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Rail unions accuse Tories of 'behaving like ostriches' as they begin new strikes
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today
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Tories block £30m cash that could help Labour mayor reopen northern airport
Local Labour leaders have been working to revive the scuppered Doncaster Sheffield Airport, providing transport in the north a much-needed boost after Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of HS2
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Driverless cars will be on UK roads in two years, Transport Secretary says
The technology, which allows drivers not to concentrate on the road, could boost road safety and make it easier for disabled people to travel independently
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Stonehenge 'risks losing UNESCO world heritage status' because of road project
Ambitious plans to build a tunnel to help the amount of traffic regularly reported near Stonehenge could potentially cost the site its Unesco world heritage status
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'Weak' Rishi Sunak ridiculed over Elgin Marbles snub to Greek Prime Minister
British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles
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Tory civil war looms as rebel MPs vow to raise hell over Cameron and Braverman
Supporters of ousted Home Secretary Suella Braverman have threatened to "raise hell", while the appointment of David Cameron has left MPs "agog and angry" amid fresh WhatsApp plotting by rebels
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Union pledges 'absolute resistance' to any bid to revive rail ticket office cull
TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust warned train bosses and ministers they will face the 'force force' of the union if they try to resurrect plans to shut ticket offices
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Labour calls on Sunak to quit if he doesn't sack 'dangerous' Braverman
Rishi Sunak was told that if he doesn't sack Suella Braverman it will prove he's "given up on serious Government" - as minister Mark Harper repeatedly refused to back her
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First trans-Atlantic flight powered completely by sustainable fuels to take off
The Civil Aviation Authority has approved a Virgin Atlantic flight powered completely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel to take off from London Heathrow to New York on November 28
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'The Tories fatally let down Britain during Covid - voters should remember that'
Families mourning lost elderly relatives will be outraged that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson saw the virus as 'nature’s way of dealing with old people'
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'The battle to keep rail ticket offices is over, but the war is not won yet'
The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?
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Tories ditch plans to shut railway station ticket offices in huge win for Mirror
The Government has announced that it is scrapping the proposals drawn up by train firms to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations across England
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Tories told to halt 'too far, too fast' closure of railway ticket offices
The Commons Transport Committee said ministers must rethink plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England that will hit the disabled and elderly
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Home Secretary tells police to stop protesters shouting 'Jihad' on UK streets
Cabinet Minister Suella Braverman is expected to raise an incident at the weekend with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley when the pair hold talks later