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Railway passengers to claim 100,000 extra seats

The government today promised to create 100,000 extra seats across England’s busiest train routes. New carriages will be financed and existing carriages redeployed to great extra-long trains on the busiest routes at peak times, increasing capacity and easing overcrowding. But opposition MPs said the new capacity would not meet demand on the railways while doing… Read more »

Conway to stand down as MP at next election

Conservative MP Derek Conway has announced he will stand down from parliament. The MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup will not seek re-election at the next election, he confirmed today. Yesterday David Cameron was forced to withdraw the Conservative whip from Mr Conway after an inquiry was called for into reports he paid a second… Read more »