Topic: Rachel Reeves

UK Chancellor lets rail freight down UK Budget: freight is overlooked … again

The value of rail freight was conspicuous by its absence in Wednesday’s UK Budget. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her second Budget to the British…
Friday Freight Path An opportunity for a UK Budget for freight

Next week’s Budget offers the UK government a genuine opportunity to chart a long-term course for freight. Whether it chooses to take that opportunity is…
Rates and Reeves wreck rail revival Barking euro-terminal plans abandoned in UK tax fears

Eurotunnel has confirmed it has frozen planned UK freight projects. The French owners have cried foul on what they describe as “unsustainable” British taxation. The…
capacity, intermodal growth, and bulk logistics UK Spending Review needs freight follow-up

The UK Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, announced on 11 June by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, included a headline £20 billion for transport. While much of this…
money's too tight to mention UK freight and this week’s spending review

It’s the big question this week. Will rail freight get the investment to match its ambition in two days’ time. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is…
GB Budget bleak Rail unconvinced by UK budget statement

Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, made a statement to the British parliament. There was little comfort for the hard-pressed rail freight sector.…
Build back better - again UK economic growth policy goes further and faster for freight

A third runway at Heathrow grabbed the headlines. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is in danger of becoming known as Rachel “Further and Faster”…
disappointment for rail lobby UK: A massive budget but taxing for trains

The UK Budget, delivered today (30 October), was a series of firsts. It was the first by the new government, elected just over three months…