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New Government-backed online train ticket retailer to be created
A proposal for a new website and app to sell tickets was introduced under the Conservative government in May 2021 by then-transport secretary Grant Shapps. The following December, the DfT – with the ...
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Former British defense secretary calls Royal Navy’s submarine name change ‘woke nonsense’
Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name change by the Royal Navy “woke nonsense” to avoid offending the French.
Telegraph & Argus16d
On this day, 2020 - Government's Northern takeover announced
On this day five years ago - January 29, 2020 - transport secretary, Grant Shapps, announced that Northern Rail services would be brought under public control, with the Operator of Last Resort to ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency9d
The UK’s defense secretary is Jewish, a first since the 1990s
(JTA) — Analysts have been scrutinizing the record of Grant Shapps since he was appointed the United Kingdom’s new defense secretary on Thursday. A fact that may not appear on his resume ...