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These documents reveal that there is a split at the heart of the Liberal Democrats over policy to reduce carbon emissions and save motorists money ... Norman Baker should follow the progressive political lead of Fiona Hall and support laws that will help the environment, whilst putting an average of £400 a year back into the pockets of hard-pressed motorists.
We’ve had people from BBC South East here today, I’ve spoken to people from a transport journal, there have been other people filming and we got to question Norman Baker, so there has certainly been value for us to come down here today
We do usually only fund projects that are high value, although we have funded projects that are lower value such as the Jubilee Line to Canary Wharf, which actually had a negative value for money assessment.More quotes »
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Updated: Lib Dem Minister accused of blocking move to strengthen auto emissions targets
Leaked documents have this morning revealed that Lib Dem transport minister Norman Baker is seeking to block moves designed to strengthen EU vehicle emission rules, despite the proposals being put forward by one of his party colleagues in the European Pa from BusinessGreen.com Read more »
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Greenpeace Reveals Environmental Policy Conflict at the Heart of Liberal Democrats
Greenpeace has this morning released confidential internal policy documents from Transport Minister Norman Baker that shows how he is blocking new legislation to reduce carbon emissions from new cars. The proposed law could save motorists up to £400 per from Greenpeace UK Read more »
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Le ministre Oliver vante le Canada comme fournisseur d'énergie responsable auprès des pays d'Europe
LONDRES, ROYAUME-UNI--(Marketwired - 10 mai 2013) - L'honorable Joe Oliver, ministre des Ressources naturelles du Canada, était aujourd'hui à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, pour mettre en lumière le rôle de l'énergie dans l'économie du Canada et sa contributio from MarketWire Read more »
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Train operator warned over poor performance
London Midland has been warned it could lose its right to run train services, which go through Watford, if its performance does not improve. A Government minister has confirmed to MPs, including Watford representative Richard Harrington, the Department o from Watford Observer Read more »
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Transport News: 'No plan' to introduce super peak rail fare to tackle overcrowding
Plans to combat terribly overcrowded trains through Birmingham by drastically raising peak time fares look set to be refused by ministers. Some services to the city have been revealed as being hugely overloaded – in one case a train regularly carried 162 from Birmingham Post Read more »
