Rail companies franchises according to mps on the transport committee. Their report criticises Whitehall Forfailing to hold Rail Companies to account. The government says its already implementing many of the mps recommendations. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. If youre a regular train user, youll know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket rises and carriages bursting at peak times. How do you feel about rail franchises, though . I live in halifax so i always get the Northern Line to manchester or to leeds and its always late. Theres, like, two carriages for a million people. Its very expensive, thats why i dont normally use them because i can drive much cheaper. I think there should still be franchising but it needs more regulations in place to punish the train companies. I tend to travel on virgin, i tend to prefer them over the other ones. They tend to be very reliable. The Transport Select Committee which oversees the government says that
Conservative mps say hes out of order. A warning that the uk tax burden is set to rise to its highest to its highest level for 30 years, despite continuing cuts to Public Services. Trying to fix englands broken Housing Market, the government announces plans for a million new homes by 2020. And things you can do when youre no longer president , what happened when barack obama was challenged by richard branson. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that mps will be getting a vote on a final brexit deal before that deal is put to the European Parliament. The Brexit Minister david jones told mps today that in the extremely unlikely event, in his words, that there was no deal, the government would then be having to rely on an arrangement with the world trade organisation. In other words the British Government would not seek further negotiations with the European Union if parliament voted down its proposed brexit deal. The debate on the bill to start the Brexit Process is in its final stages in th
Welcome to sportsday. Alastair cook wants to continue breaking records for england and has no issues about playing under his successor. The premier League Champions Leicester City are united behind their manager Claudio Ranieri. He says they arent in a crisis. And we find out why Wales Rugby Union captain Alun Wynjones is the toast of town. Good evening, plenty to come, including tennis and formula 1 news but we start with alastair cook. He has been making the headlines this week. He says it will be great for englands cricketers to have a new voice, with a new drive and new ideas. Cooks been speaking for the First Time Since stepping down as englands test captain. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson spent some time with him earlier today. Every captain knows the ultimate direction, it is when, not if the end comes. Alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions but lists the response abilities hes leaving behind. He doesntjust toss the coin, he must be the on field tactician, diplo
Welcome to sportsday. Alastair cook wants to continue breaking records for england and has no issues about playing under his successor. The premier League Champions Leicester City are united behind their manager Claudio Ranieri. He says they arent in a crisis. And we find out why Wales Rugby Union captain Alun Wynjones is the toast of town. Good evening, plenty to come, including tennis and formula 1 news but we start with alastair cook. He has been making the headlines this week. He says it will be great for englands cricketers to have a new voice, with a new drive and new ideas. Cooks been speaking for the First Time Since stepping down as englands test captain. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson spent some time with him earlier today. Every captain knows the ultimate direction, it is when, not if the end comes. Alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions but lists the response abilities hes leaving behind. He doesntjust toss the coin, he must be the on field tactician, diplo
The Academy Award for best picture. Oh you come on. La la land. The team behind la la land had already started the Victory Speeches when the mistake was uncovered. This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture. Moonlight. Best picture. A moment i will never forget. It has never happened in of the oscars. It was a little awkward the british people are being offered an unreal and over optimistic vision of what brexit will look like, Sirjohn Major has warned. The former tory Prime Minister also called for more charm and a lot less cheap rhetoric from the uk government towards the rest of the eu. And he said the costs of leaving would be substa ntial and unpalatable. Downing street said the government was determined to make a success of the uks departure from the eu. Sirjohn major warned. Sirjohn major warned that the brexiteers had been overly optimistic about britains future as i voted on the losing side in the referendum, ive kept silent since lastjune. This evening, i dont wish to