Transport

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Campaign win: all aboard the People’s Bus Service in Witney

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

30^th January 2017

After a year of work by local Labour & Co-operative councillors to save local bus services for the community, the People’s Bus service in Witney carries its first passengers today

Scottish Co-operative Party stands ready to help create a ‘People’s Scotrail’

Co-operative Party

22^nd November 2016

The Scottish Co-operative Party offers Transport Secretary its plan for a 'Peoples Railway' as solution to ScotRail woes

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Bus regulation must happen for people, workers and our environment.

Claudia Beamish

Member of the Scottish Parliament on the South of Scotland list and Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change

21^st November 2016

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Scotland’s privatised buses aren’t working – how much longer can we put up with the status quo?

Neil Bibby

Labour & Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland

17^th November 2016

Scotland has some of the most profit-driven and privatised buses in the World. It's time for us all to work together to put passenger voice back at the heart of our transport system.

Update: government challenged to change the law to give communities power over buses

Co-operative Party

25^th October 2016

The government has been challenged in the House of Lords to give communities new legal powers over bus services in their areas, including new rights over routes at risk of closure.

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Scottish commuters are paying £1m per month to keep Dutch rail fares down – we say there’s a better way.

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

4^th October 2016

After the Dutch operator of Scotland’s railway services revealed how it uses profits from ScotRail to subsidise services in its own country, Co-operative MSPs are calling for a re-think that puts passengers before profit

August 2016

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Luciana Berger pledges to put passengers before profit in Liverpool City Region

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

2^nd August 2016

The Co-operative Party's candidate for Liverpool Metro Mayor promises to overhaul the region's transport by increasing the role of not-for-profit and co-operative bus operators.

July 2016

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It’s time to give passengers legal powers to stand up to big bus companies

Joe Fortune

National Political and Policy Manager

28^th July 2016

Bus routes can be just as much the lifeblood of communities as pubs, post offices and playing fields - so why shouldn't local people have the same powers to protect them?

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Why buses are so important to National Parks

Ruth Bradshaw

Policy and research manager for Campaign for National Parks

12^th July 2016

As the Lords debate changes in the law that would require bus companies to consult communities before changing routes, Ruth Bradshaw of Campaign for National Parks explains what the changes would mean for some of our most special places.

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Putting passengers back into the buses bill

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

6^th July 2016

A voice for passengers is missing from the Government's Bus Services Bill. Co-operative Peers are working to put it back in.

March 2016

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Tory cuts to bus services in Cameron’s backyard are leaving people stuck at home – but this community is fighting back.

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

9^th March 2016

Faced with cuts to their local bus service, residents in David Cameron's constituency of Witney are working to create a co-operative-based alternative.

February 2016

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The People vs. the Railway Establishment

Joe Fortune

National Political and Policy Manager

24^th February 2016

Rail passengers aren't consumers who can choose one brand of train or station over another. Far from it - we're fish in a barrel waiting to be shot at.

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The co-operative movement is tackling Britain’s ‘hidden epidemic’

Co-operative Party

11^th February 2016

With loneliness described as a 'public health crisis', the Party and co-operative movement are working together to ensure the issue receives the attention it deserves

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Poor communities are being taken for a ride by our transport system

Andrew Raimondi

4^th February 2016

Over the past 20 years, the richest 10% have had their transport subsidised 4 times more than the poorest 10%. And yet it's the poorest who rely on public transport most.

December 2015

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Shadow Transport Minister backs Peoples Bus campaign

Dianne Jahangani

16^th December 2015

Today Daniel Zeichner spoke in Parliament about the need for not-for-profit buses

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A route out of inequality: campaign for a People’s Bus

Ben West

Communications & Digital Officer

9^th December 2015

Access to transport is every bit as important as healthcare and education in tackling inequality

July 2015

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Your local buses

Co-operative Party

30^th July 2015

As we know bus services are vital. They are vital for many reasons, whether it is access to work, family or education.

January 2015

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Jim Murphy commits to a People’s ScotRail

Co-operative Party

26^th January 2015

A future Labour & Co-operative government has committed to a publicly-owned People's Scotrail

October 2014

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Ten Minute Rule Motion: Railways (Public Sector Operators)

Andy Sawford

29^th October 2014

Full text of speech given in House of Commons by Andy Sawford introducing his 10 minute rule bill on rail ownership.

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Scottish Co-operative Party calls for suspension of ScotRail franchise process

Co-operative Party

3^rd October 2014

Calls for the suspension of the franchise process until the new powers for the Scottish Parliament are settled

July 2014

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Co-operative Party welcomes plans for ‘people’s railway’

Co-operative Party

28^th July 2014

Response to announcement by Mary Creagh MP and James Kelly MSP for a 'new deal' for Britain's railways

December 2013

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A People’s Railway for Scotland

Co-operative Party

5^th December 2013

The Co-operative Party calls for the creation of a 'People's Railway', owned by and for the people of Scotland

November 2012

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Railways for Wales – a new and better way

Paul Salveson

28^th November 2012

The near-meltdown of the rail franchising process highlights the need to find a better way of delivering rail services.

News releases

A mutual future for Welsh Railways

Joe Fortune

National Political and Policy Manager

28^th November 2012

Today in the Welsh Assembly Vaughan Gething AM launched a report titled 'Rail Cymru: A People's Railway for Wales', authored by Paul Salveson.

March 2012

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Alun Michael MP pushes for a mutual rail network in Wales

Martin Tiedemann

6^th March 2012

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Support for ASLEF’s proposals for Welsh railways

Martin Tiedemann

1^st March 2012

December 2011

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Transport cuts being made with no long-term strategy, says National Audit Office

Joe Fortune

National Political and Policy Manager

14^th December 2011

Following our rail event with Maria Eagle MP last week, Joe Fortune reports on the National Audit Office's report on the Department for Transport stating that the massive cuts lack strategy and may benefit rail companies at the expense of passengers.