Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric carsRoad pricing is seen as a fairer possible system to raise revenue than fuel duty and motoring taxes, thinktank research has found.The switch to el…
Fresh calls for windfall tax on companies that prospered during Covid
Research highlights six firms that increased their profits by a total of £16bnCampaigners have issued fresh calls for a windfall tax on companies that prospered during the pandemic, after research highlighted six firms that increased their profits by a…
London Underground’s Northern line extension comes into service
£1.1bn project adds nearly two miles of tunnel and two new stations – Nine Elms and Battersea Power StationThe first major addition to the London Underground this century comes into service on Monday, when the Northern line extension opens to carry pas…
The battle for Britain’s skies takes a new twist pitting easyJet against Wizz Air
Analysis: airline fends off Hungarian interloper in increasingly febrile fight over Gatwick slotsThe battle for the post-pandemic holiday skies took a fresh twist yesterday, as easyJet launched a £1.2bn fundraiser while announcing it had fended off a t…
FirstGroup to launch budget London to Edinburgh rail service next month
The service, branded Lumo, says 60% of seats will cost £30 or less with a max fare of £69 one-wayFirstGroup is to launch a budget direct London-Edinburgh rail service next month, which it hopes will lure air passengers to the train as a cheaper and gre…
A better commute? Six ways to improve your train journey to work
From studying to chatting more to fellow passengers, there are ways to make travel more enjoyableOnline lessons, audio materials and improved connectivity have made studying on the move ever more practical. The Open University, which has offered distan…
‘They said we were eccentrics’: the UK team developing clean aviation fuel
In the search for sustainable flying, Cranfield University might have found the answer in hydrogenThis row of brick sheds, locked away down overgrown country lanes in Bedfordshire, feels a long way from the glossy boardroom presentations about sustaina…
JetBlue ready to launch low-cost New York to London flights
US-based airline aims to tread where other have failed – and in the teeth of the Covid pandemicA low-cost airline service with a brand new business class cabin, flying London to New York? As Frank Sinatra might have said: if you can make it there, in t…