Louise Haigh

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Exclusive Labour urged to introduce £49-a-month rail pass to reduce inequalities

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Aslef train drivers accept government offer to end strikes

A near-empty concourse at Waterloo train station in London during strikes earlier this year. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Will pay deal with unions lead to more costly re-nationalisation? - YP Letters

News of the announcement has been largely met by positive feedback by residents.

Government to allow councils to set bus fares, timetables and routes

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday July 30, 2024.

On the buses - it's a good place to start

Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at a press conference during a visit to Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) training college at Garnerville in Belfast. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Why the writing is already on the wall for Keir Starmer's Government

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Caving in to train drivers will lead to more ludicrous pay demands and strikes

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Work should start on Northern Powerhouse Rail immediately, report says

Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh leaving Downing Street. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Future of Northern Powerhouse Rail to be announced in spring 2025

Labour wants to nationalise train operators like LNER. Credit: PA

Labour makes rail nationalisation one of main priorities of new Parliament

Leeds Railway Station pictured in 2022. PIC: Simon Hulme

Rail passenger compensation figures highlight the need for action - Andrew Vine

A train passes through south Leeds. PIC: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire passengers will be watching to see what the Government has to offer

Boris Johnson's brand of toxic populist politics has left the nation ravaged, says The Yorkshire Post editor James Mitchinson. He adds: we need a period of rehabilitation and reset if we are to thrive in future years. (PA)

Crack cocaine populist Tory rhetoric has left nation needing rehab

Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones is expected to make the announcement of an operator to run the airport on Thursday

Mayor to announce Doncaster Sheffield Airport operator

No HS2 revival despite lack of 'fire sale' of land, says Louise Haigh

Rishi Sunak's Network North plans are full of old plans which were shelved by the Government, MPs have been told. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Government mocked as £235m of 'Network North' money is being spent in London

Brightside and Hillsborough constituents are demonstrating against Sheffield MP Gill Furniss’ refusal to support a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel-Palestine conflict: Protest planned outside Yorkshire MP's office

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham views the 'Bee Network' buses at manufacturer Alexander Dennis in Larbert, Falkirk. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

We will take power out of the hands of Whitehall - Louise Haigh

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves making her keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Labour to conduct review into failure of HS2 following cancellation

Haxby station: Train station that closed in 1930 is set to be re-opened as part of the government’s Network North scheme

Haxby station: Train station that closed in 1930 is set to be re-opened

A train station that closed in 1930 is set to be re-opened as part of the government’s Network North scheme.

Adam Laver

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference

Rishi Sunak promises new ‘Network North’ after scrapping northern leg of HS2

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

HS2: Labour could change plans after promising to ‘build it in full’

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

Labour ministers back HS2 to Leeds amid uncertainty over inclusion in manifesto

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Labour’s on the wrong track if it’s thinking of curtailing HS2 - The YP says

A general view of Abbey Lane Primary School in Sheffield, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

Four schools in Yorkshire to see closures over concrete at risk of collapse

Oliver Coppard, the Mayor of South Yorkshire, today said that there are 42 per cent fewer buses on South Yorkshire’s roads compared to a decade ago, with a 20 per cent reduction in the network in the last year.

Local bus services have halved since 2011, new figures show

Railway ticket offices are to close to ‘modernise’ the industry (Photo: Getty Images)

Plan to close almost every railway station ticket office announced

Transport Secretary Mark Harper

TransPennine Express: Government says nationalisation ‘won’t improve services’

TransPennine Express has cancelled thousands of services at short notice in recent months

Government urged to nationalise train operator as service ‘has never been worse’

Campaigners celebrate saving the cafe at Graves Park

Yorkshire cafe re-opens 148 days after council condemned building

The operator is announcing dozens of short-notice cancellations on a daily basis Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the disruption is “causing real damage” to passengers and the economy.

Transpennine Express ‘fiasco’: Government urged to step in

The Government is being urged to intervene in the Transpennine Express “fiasco” and put a plan in place to secure urgent improvements for passengers.

Nathan Hyde

Peel Group has decided to shut the airport, which employs about 800 people, because it is not financially viable and said operations will be wound down from the end of the month.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Owner accused of working to make it ‘unsellable’

More than 1,000 people took part in a protest against the airport closure on Saturday

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Government said public ownership is 'an option'

Sheffield's trams are coming back under public ownership

Sheffield trams back into public ownership after 25 years

Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan now says the airport's closure is a commercial decision.

Transport Secretary refuses to step in to save Doncaster Sheffield airport

100k strong petition will be handed to Parliament by Doncaster Sheffield Airport workers

100k strong petition handed to Parliament by Doncaster Sheffield Airport workers

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Louise Haigh, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport addresses delegates during the Labour Party Annual Conference on September 26, 2022 in Liverpool, England The Labour Party hold their annual conference in Liverpool this year. Issues on the agenda are the cost of living crisis, including a call for a reinforced windfall tax, proportional representation and action on the climate crisis. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Labour to renationalise the railways and build Elizabeth Line for the North

The sewage pipe at Scarborough's North Bay

Sewage spilled into Yorkshire's waterways for 1.5m hours over last six years

Daniella and husband, Matt, on their wedding day. The pair were unable to go on their honeymoon after Daniella found out on the morning of her wedding she'd be unable to collect her passport from the office the next day.

Sheffield bride reveals heartbreak after missing honeymoon due to late passport

File photo dated 06/12/19 of Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh

Shapps overseeing 'managed decline' of buses in South Yorks, Louise Haigh says

Rail strikes are set to begin tomorrow.

Government involvement in rail talks would 'confuse things', claims Minister

Passengers enter the Elizabeth Line platforms at Paddington Station, London, as the new line opened to passengers for the first time last month.

Labour call on Government to build 'Elizabeth Line for the North'

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps spoke about the rail strikes in Parliament today.

Grant Shapps swerves RMT invite for talks on avoiding rail strikes

Photo from the Twitter feed of @chrisjprice67 of people queuing at Manchester Airport on Monday May 30

Tui cancels nearly 200 flights at Manchester Airport as travel chaos worsens

Former MP Imran Ahmad Khan arrives at Southwark Crown Court, south London, where he was jailed for 18 months for a single count of sexual assault against a 15-year-old boy

Sammy Woodhouse says Tories 'must' investigate approach to Khan allegations

Buses in Leeds. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

Labour would deliver the bus services Yorkshire needs - Louise Haigh

Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley, says she is contacted daily by people who had tried every avenue to get help with their mental health.

Mental health services 'on brink of collapse' warns Sheffield MP

Louise Haigh has hailed Labour's council election results in Wakefield ahead of a by-election in the city.

Wakefield Council result 'vote of confidence' for Labour before key by-election

Imran Ahmad Khan pictured at Southwark Crown Court in London

Yorkshire MP calls on Conservatives to reveal what they knew of Khan allegations

Thousands of people have signed a petition in support of the current management of The Leadmill.

The Leadmill: Government to respond as thousands sign petition to save venue

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin spoke to passengers about service cuts at Wakefield Westgate train station today

Passengers 'pay more for less' as 19,000 train services are axed during pandemic

A protest by unions outside the Houses of Parliament, London, over P&O Ferries handing 800 seafarers immediate severance notices last week.

Labour calls on Government to start 'criminal action' against P&O Ferries

Protesters stand outside the P&O building at the Port of Hull, East Yorkshire, after P&O Ferries suspended sailings and handed 800 seafarers immediate severance notices.

P&O Ferries betray our proud nation of seafarers – Louise Haigh

Former P&O staff and RMT members block the road leading to the Port of Dover yesterday (PA)

Unions threaten legal action after hundreds of 'shameful' P&O Ferries sackings

The Government has been accused of adding to the cost-of-living crisis with the hike in fares.

Yorkshire MP attacks rail fares as a "nightmare for commuters"

Undated file photo of a bus. (PA)

Labour call on Ministers to provide certainty for bus passengers

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted £3bn will be spent on buses during this Parliament.

Grant Shapps accused of overseeing 'managed decline' of buses by Louise Haigh

Louise Haigh has warned there is a lack of adequate funding to support children dealing with mental health issues.

'Pitiful' mental health funding worth just 72p a child in Sheffield, MP warns

Labour is opposed to the downgrading of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, says Louise Haigh, the new Shadow Transport Secretary.

How Labour will reverse North’s rail betrayal – Louise Haigh