Transport

The Transport Select Committee was told there was “no lawful basis” to use emergency powers to award contracts worth millions without an open tender.

The transport secretary defended the department's decision to award a £13.8m contract to a company that owns no ferries.

Matthew Vickerstaff named as interim successor to government project chief ahead of a full recruitment drive in 2019

Whitehall projects chief to chair body constructing cross-London line as it is revealed project faces further delays to opening and requires £1.4bn in extra funds

HMRC, Defra and cross-departmental borders group urged to update MPs on contingency-planning work

Department for Transport names Allan Cook as replacement for high-speed rail role

Lines of accountability 'failed or simply did not exist' report finds

Union says Highways England chief received 9.7% rise last year

The PAC also warned of a “significant and growing risk” that DfT would not be adequately prepared for a no-deal Brexit.

The government’s recent moves to get the expansion of airport capacity off the ground are the latest twist in one of the UK’s longest running policy sagas. Richard Johnstone considers whether this new plan will take flight

Alan Singleton and Simon Bruno were fatally shot while undertaking a routine inspection on 22 November 1993

PCS boss says members report lack of preparedness for cliff-edge exit from European Union in March

Department for Transport, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions teams among those honoured at ceremony

Transport committee approves fomer airport chief as rail regulator chair

But MPs hear department's confidence does not extend to no-deal Brexit preparations

The transport secretary also told MPs the UK's franchising model was 'shaky'

Whittington will start as director general, energy and security at BEIS on Friday

Parliamentary committee calls for detailed breakdown on £18bn annual-cost-to-business figure as Chequers Plan customs vision falters

The transport secretary said the rail industry had "struggled to deliver" as he launched a major review ahead of the ORR's final report.

All this week CSW will profile a host of major government projects from each of the four categories from the Government Major Projects Portfolio to see how the current slate of projects are preforming – and where lessons can be learnt

A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years – and to lay the groundwork for the next round of schemes. Government project chief Tony Meggs tells Richard Johnstone how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will use the process to help drive improvement

Transport select committee report warns it is unclear if planned new partnership for the intercity line can overcome “systemic difficulties”

Project chief says “changes of personnel and leadership are inevitable” given project’s long timescale and global demand for talent