14 h. ago Labour APPROVES expansion of Luton Airport after ministers overrule environmental concerns

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the go-ahead to the Bedforshire airport's development consent order (DCO) application.

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15 h. ago Huge Luton Airport expansion plan approved which will see millions more passengers

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander confirmed whether the airport will be allowed to expand - which they say will create 6,100 new jobs and £900m for the economy every year

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7 d. ago Minister pledges to uncover causes of Heathrow and North Sea incidents

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said ‘no stone should be left unturned identifying the causes of the incidents’.

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7 d. ago Strike action over railway safety ‘necessary’, says Transport Secretary

Heidi Alexander also vowed the Government will take railways into public ownership ‘without any cost to the taxpayer’.

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9 d. ago No ‘single point of failure’ during London Heathrow power loss: UK transport secretary

No ‘single point of failure’ during London Heathrow power loss: UK transport secretary  Flightglobal

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9 d. ago UK's largest ever road tunnel spanning 14 miles to be built as planning for mega project gets the go

Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been formally approved by the transport secretary Heidi Alexander.

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9 d. ago Government gives green light to £9billion Lower Thames Crossing that would see Britain's largest ever road tunnel built between Kent and Essex

Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been formally approved by the transport secretary Heidi Alexander.

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9 d. ago Lower Thames Crossing: UK's largest road tunnel linking two counties to be built for £9bn

The proposed Lower Thames Crossing, which will run underneath the River Thames, between Kent and Essex has been given the go ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander

Economics

1 week ago Rachel Reeves thrown under bus by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander as minister fails to back her after the Chancellor accepted £276 Sabrina Carpenter concert tickets

The Chancellor was cut adrift by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who said she had never taken free tickets since becoming an MP and was too busy working to attend concerts.

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: In a different life, Heidi could have dreamed of call

QUENTIN LETTS: Despite jokes about the Chancellor being 'Rachel from customer complaints', the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, is a stronger candidate for that role.

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1 week ago Pressure mounts on Heathrow boss as airlines threaten legal action over fire shutdown chaos

Warning of potential legal action comes as No10 and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander decline to say they have confidence in Thomas Woldbye

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1 week ago Ayrshire roads campaigners hold 'constructive' meeting with Transport Secretary

Campaigners for both the A77 and A75 trunk roads say they held a "constructive and satisfactory" meeting with the Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop last week.

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1 week ago Watch live: Transport minister gives statement after Heathrow Airport shutdown chaos

Watch live as transport minister Heidi Alexander gives a statement on Monday (24 March) after a fire at a electricity substation in west London forced Heathrow Airport to close for several hours.

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1 week ago Confusion at top of government over how many jobs could be cut from civil service

Chancellor said there would be 10,000 job losses but the transport secretary said there is no target

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1 week ago 'I've never taken any gig tickets': Rachel Reeves' fellow Cabinet minister brutally cuts her adrift over Sabrina Carpenter tickets...  amid mounting anger at Labour's freebie

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600.

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1 week ago Minister says she would have struggled to sleep if running Heathrow

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander made the comment following a report the airport’s chief executive went back to bed after the power outage began.

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1 week ago 'I've never taken any gig tickets': Cabinet minister brutally cuts Rachel Reeves adrift over Sabrina Carpenter freebie

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600.

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1 week ago Heathrow boss who 'went to bed' amid power station fire crisis fails to get backing of Transport Secretary

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye delegated the formal decision to close the airport to his deputy in the early hours of Friday, according to reports

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1 week ago Transport Minister visits Alloway Railway Tunnel mural project as it nears completion

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop visited the Alloway Railway Tunnel project in Ayr where a mural is being created inside a former railway tunnel.

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2 w. ago UK ‘can and must’ grow aviation while protecting the environment, minister says

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she will ‘never accept’ that the issues compete against each other.

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