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Khan under fire for plan to charge drivers entering greater London
Capital's mayor is considering charging drivers crossing the greater London authority border up to £5.50 a day to help balance TfL's books
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Truckers face £50 an hour charge waiting for Brexit customs checks
HMRC to charge hauliers as they park up at 'inland border facilities' aimed at keeping Brexit chaos away from ports
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Forget HS2 - fix Britain's potholes instead to help repair the economy
British roads are getting worse, but diverting cash from costly infrastructure projects to pay for repairs could have a dual benefit
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Truckers ramp up rates as Brexit bites and customs chaos looms
Hauliers raise prices from €1.50 per kilometre to €10 over impact of new customs controls and fears of getting stranded in the UK
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Boeing pays $2.5bn to settle US charges over 737 Max crashes
The charge will include a $500m fund to compensate relatives and legal beneficiaries of the almost 350 who died in two fatal crashes
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British Airways risks split from IAG if EU ownership talks stall
Covid bailouts by EU countries could complicate talks to liberalise rules on control and ownership of airlines
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National Express suspends all services from Sunday
The coach operator is halting its services until March 1, but warned that date is subject to change
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Boris intervenes to resurrect scrapped HS2 bike paths
Andrew Stephenson, minister for the high-speed rail link, says building bike paths is a "small ask to boost active travel"
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New car sales suffer worst fall since 1940s
The share of diesel sales fell, while electrics and petrol hybrid vehicles rose
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Half of rail services set to be slashed
Ministers are finalising a new emergency timetable aimed at reducing the number of 'ghost trains' following the latest lockdown
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Britain braced for queues of up to 7,000 trucks as Brexit border change kicks in
Government plans for just 30pc of businesses to be ready for customs controls, meaning tailbacks twice as long as when France shut border
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Dover truck chaos was 'national embarrassment'
Freight trade body calls for urgent review into the events that led to thousands of lorry drivers becoming stranded in Kent
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One in five train services could be cut to slash rail spending
Officials considering proposals that would reduce the UK's rail capacity to about 80pc of pre-Covid levels to reduce the subsidy bill
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Levelling up deprived regions must be at heart of Boris Johnson’s strategy
Ministers should remember that how money is spent can be even more important than how much
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Toyota plans to shut UK and French plants early over border delays
The Japanese giant operates a tight system known as “just in time”, where car parts are delivered just four hours before they are needed
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French threat to test truck drivers risks ports chaos
The UK and France are still in discussions about restarting the freight traffic after Sunday's ban
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EasyJet director quits over Wirecard links
Anastassia Lauterbach said to have sought better governance at Wirecard but faced scrutiny from influential shareholder adviser ISS
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Rail and coach passengers will receive refunds for cancelled Christmas travel
Travellers who were prevented from using their train or coach tickets by the lockdown will be able to apply for refunds, Government says
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Covid-struck Christmas delivers test of strength for UK logistics as Brexit looms
While grocers are coping with the surge in online shopping, other importers are feeling the Christmas crunch
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British Airways owner strikes budget deal for Air Europa
FTSE 100 group IAG had agreed a €1bn deal to buy the Spanish airline in November 2019
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Motorists in self-driving cars will not be legally liable for accidents
The Law Commission proposes the responsibility would fall on the developer or manufacturer of the vehicle
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Gove insists ports can meet post-Brexit freight demand
Cabinet Office minister insists ports will find themselves in a 'new normal relatively early in the new year'
