It’s also why we have put record funding of £1.6bn into local councils for repair work on the nation’s roads - with an increase of £1.5m for Swindon Borough Council.

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The transport secretary has said she is "not a flight-shaming eco warrior" ahead of her decision over whether Gatwick airport ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of Thursday to announce whether she has decided to approve Gatwick’s plan for a new runway.

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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is set to approve plans to bring Gatwick's emergency runway into routine use, ahead of ...

The transport secretary has shown support for airport expansion ahead of the decision on Gatwick’s second runway.

On Thursday Gatwick will hear from her Cabinet colleague Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander whether London’s second airport can press ahead with its own ambitious expansion plans. But there is ...

Gatwick's planned new runway appears set for green light as transport secretary says she 'believes in airport expansion' - ...

Heidi Alexander says ‘sometimes the unions are wrong’ and that she ‘won’t blink’ during talks over ending industrial action The Transport Secretary has vowed to take on rail unions as ...

The most shocking admission made by Heidi Alexander, the new transport secretary, was that the pay increase for train drivers awarded by her predecessor Louise Haigh resulted in fewer staff being ...