Our European friends in Ukraine sent this photo of a railway at war.
Lord Berkeley
Are OFWAT and CCW up to their jobs of protecting the interests of consumers?
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Open letter to OFWAT and Consumer Council for Water 18 March 2015 To Cathryn Ross, Chief Executive, OFWAT Tony Smith, Chief Executive, Consumer Council for Water Dear Cathryn and Tony, Are OFWAT and CCW up to their jobs of protecting the interests of consumers? At a meeting of the All Party Water Group on Tuesday…
The truth about jobs in the European rail industry – don’t follow incumbents if you want Europe’s railways to prosper!
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Two recent reports demonstrate the risks to the European rail industry of being required to follow the policy of SNCF, made even worse by the recent restructuring of the railway there to re-integrated SNCF and RFF. According to a study commissioned by UTP, SNCF and ARAF1, SNCF already employs up to 43% more people to…
Thames Tideway Tunnel: DEFRA refuses to provide data, and then rejects Binnie conclusions due to lack of data!
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Prof Chris Binnie’s most recent report is a result of the Environment Agency releasing some data on dissolved oxygen content in the river. Prof Binnie had to use FoI to obtain it, and only got a proportion of what he asked for. I sent this report to Lord de Mauley who responded that Prof Binnie’s…
The rail – Scilly connection that doesn’t!
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From Lord Berkeley Open letter to: Robert Goldsmith, Chief Executive, IOS Steamship Company Mark Hopwood, CEO First Great Western Andy Cooper, CEO Cross Country Trains Cllr Chris Thomas, Isles of Scilly Council Cllr Bert Biscoe, Cornwall Council Chris Pomfret, Chairman, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail 22 February 2015 Gentlemen,…