Grant Shapps

Rishi Sunak has called a General Election for July 4 (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 election

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Ben Wallace resigns as Defence Secretary

Russell Curwen died while volunteering for the blood bike volunteers. However, the Government has ruled, in reply to the coroner James Newman, that Mr Curwen unknowingly broke the law by riding through a red light moment before the traffic incident which claimed his life

Govt issues new ruling on blood bike couriers

Grant Shapps Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary. (Credit: Parliament)

Government change receipt rules on £200 Alternative Fuel Payment

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Cottam Parkway will be built on the South Fylde line between Preston and Blackpool, sited in between Sidgreaves Lane and Lea Road

New station 'must have a staffed ticket office and not cause parking problems'

Octopus Energy announces Bulb takeover: Everything you need to know

Cuadrilla fracking site on Preston New Road

Fracking in Lancashire: Ban 'beggars belief' says Francis Egan

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Plans for radical MOT change opposed by most drivers

Avanti West Coast workers are set to strike this month

Fresh strikes announced by West Coast Line railway workers

(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 for three months

Rail union members will be striking at Preston Train Station in September

This is what Lancashire rail passengers need to know about the latest strikes
Lancashire rail passengers are being warned of fresh disruption to their journeys as one union announced new strike dates.
Tim Gavell

Are you entitled to compensation?

Flight and train compensation for Lancashire travellers: Legal rights explained

Train services will be crippled again on Saturday because of another 24-hour strike

Rail chaos continues as workers stage third 24-hour strike in a week

Empty platforms at Preston Train Station on Tuesday. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

More travel disruption as rail workers stage their second strike of the week

David Dawson of Car Doctor in Preston

Post readers respond to proposals for MOT rule changes

David Dawson fears that vehicles will be on the road in a dangerous condition if mechanics like him do not get to cast their eye over them every 12 months

'A pothole from disaster': Preston mechanic warns against scrapping annual MOTs

‘Shambolic’ passport delays threaten millions of summer holidays, ministers warn

Northern are one of the operators taking part in the scheme

How Lancashire travellers can get half-price train tickets

Proposed government reforms will save airlines thousands of pounds (Photo: Getty Images)

Payouts for cancelled or delayed flights to be cut to £57 under shake-up

New mobile phone driving law tightens rules for all UK motorists

Travellers at Gatwick Airport on July 30, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Major changes to UK Covid travel rules come into effect

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the £84m investment will make trains more reliable for people across the region

North West rail passengers to see more reliable journeys with £84m. investment
Rail passengers across the North West are set to benefit from an £84 million government investment to cut delays and improve the reliability of trains across the region.
John Deehan

Covid passenger locator forms are expected to be axed before Easter (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Complicated’ Covid travel requirement set to change ahead of Easter

Travel rules have relaxed for UK arrivals from 11 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Major changes to Covid travel rules from today as testing is scrapped

Passengers would be entitled to compensation in the event of a delayed domestic flight (Photo: Getty Images)

More passengers to get payouts for delayed domestic flights under new plans

Chorley based Panache Cruises welcomes the new announcements regarding travel guidelines.

Chorley cruise company welcomes changes to travel guidelines

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

New smart motorways roll-out halted amid safety concerns

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

New motoring law to close dangerous mobile phone loophole

Has Lancashire been left out of the big rail plan for the North?

Will Lancashire see any benefits from the government's rail plan for the North?

The scene near Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury where a train heading to Bristol crashed

Two trains collide with 100 people rescued from tunnel and driver taken to hospi...

Britain’s Covid pass now valid for travel across EU - what it means for you

Rule change comes into force for travellers to use lateral flow tests instead of...

Government to bypass Commons approval to speed up HGV licence changes

Work is continuing on the £50m work to ease traffic along the A585

This is when the roadworks at Skippool Road are set to end

Forty-seven countries have been taking off the red list including (from top left, clockwise) Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and South Africa (Shutterstock)

These are the countries affected by new UK travel rules which have come into for...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Boris Johnson reassures drivers petrol shortage ‘stabilising’ - but could last u...

New number plate laws come into force - what you need to know

Army tanker drivers 'stand ready' to deliver fuel amid supply crisis

Drivers have been queuing at petrol stations amid fears of fuel shortages (Photo: Getty Images)

UK suspends competition law to tackle petrol shortages driven by panic-buying

Marcus Rashford has warned that ending the uplift will see millions of people lose a “lifeline” (Photo: Getty Images)

Marcus Rashford makes plea to MPs to keep Universal Credit uplift ‘lifeline’

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will also provide examiners for lorry driving tests (Photo: Getty Images)

10,500 foreign workers to get temporary visas to save Christmas from shortages

Shoppers and motorists have been urged not to panic buy fuel (Getty Images)

Motorists told not to panic buy as ‘handful’ of petrol stations are closed

How the DVLA digital licence app could look

Digital driving licences to be introduced by 2024

The traffic light system will be replaced by a single, reduced “red list” of destinations from October 4

Lancashire travel agents celebrate holiday booking boom as Government announces ...

Holiday bookings are expected to soar after the Government announced a relaxation of international travel rules (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Holiday bookings set to soar after government announces relaxation of internatio...

Amber list scrapped as Grant Shapps eases international travel rules - here's wh...