It is, of course, possible that the Secretary of State has "over-ruled" the Highways Agency (or at least that is the impression that he has given to Norman Baker and the local parish councils). I'll investigate further, with the contacts that I have.
The rumour about the £75 million earmarked by the government for the A27 between Lewes and Polegate being dependent on the decision of the Airports Commission about the future of Gatwick Airport is apparently NOT TRUE.
At least that's what Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin...
Brighton & Hove Buses have never been owned by the Council - although Brighton Borough Council did own Brighton Corporation Transport which was privatised through a staff buy out in the late 1980s and subsequently merged into the Brighton & Hove Bus & Coach Company when the staff decided to take...
That's not at all bizarre. In 1966 and in October 1974, the party in power decided that they had a good chance of increasing their majority if an election was held. So an election was called. I'm sure a minority government would encourage it's own supporters to bring about an election as soon...
The fact that online checking of licences will be possible means that fraudulent use of superseded paper counterparts will no longer be possible. A great step forward for those of us who have to check driving licences.
This saga is in danger of disappearing from the public's scrutiny as we get distracted by quite unrelated scandals linked to the forthcoming election.
Stuff like today's allegation that a man who wants to be a Tory MP thinks he can influence a Chief of Police to take no action against any...
A lot of the released cash will no doubt go into buy-to-let housing, jacking up house prices and making house purchase even more unattainable for young first-time buyers.