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.

The government says fares must go up so it can fund investment, but admits passengers are frustrated by services.

Speaking at an industry dinner on Tuesday night, Heidi Alexander said she enjoys flying and sees aviation as key to economic growth. “I am not some sort of flight-shaming eco warrior.

Train fares in England and Wales have risen by around 4.6% - including season tickets, off-peak returns and flexible tickets ...

London Gatwick’s plans to upgrade its northern taxiway to become the airport’s second runway have received conditional ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it is ‘the lowest increase in three years’ (Jonathan Brady/PA) Heidi Alexander said the Government ensured the fares rise was “the lowest increase in ...

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

London Gatwick Airport received government approval to convert its northern runway for full operations, potentially ...

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 ...

In scale, cost and complexity, Gatwick's second runway plan is not in the same league as the saga of Heathrow's pursuit of a third. As a test, however, of the government's commitment to growth ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander acknowledged that “passengers are frustrated”. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the Government ‘inherited a railway that was not fit for purpose ...

Today was supposed to be the day the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, granted official permission for the northern, standby runway to be brought into regular use. A green-light ...