This afternoon we met with Network Rail to discuss the latest news on the scheme to install lifts at Biggleswade station. This project,...

As Chair of the ‘Bedfordshire Rail Access Network’, I was recently contacted by Network Rail as part of a public consultation into...

This is a blog covering the status of the UK railway stations provided with ‘Access for All’ (AfA) funding to provide step-free access....

On Wednesday 4th September we had the latest meeting with Network Rail regarding progress (or lack of it) towards a step-free Biggleswade...

It was great to hear Keir Starmer talk about rail accessibility being a ‘basic requirement’ following the dreadful experience Tanni...

In 2015, Sir Peter Hendy, now Lord Hendy and currently Minister of State for Rail, was appointed as Chair of Network Rail and tasked to...

Farage talks about “something going wrong in our once beautiful country”. Yes, something is going wrong with this country, it is grifters...

Today, Wednesday 24th July, we met once again with Network Rail and local stakeholders including local Councillors and local MP, Richard...

On 24th May 2024, the government announced the 50 stations set to benefit from the £350 million of funding for step-free access as part...

After standing as a Labour candidate in the last two General Elections, when you are offered a candidacy in one of the safest Tory seats...

As a campaigner for rail accessibility, a train driver and a proud member of the ASLEF union, I am delighted that yesterday ASLEF adopted...

Biggleswade station, located on the East Coast Mainline in Bedfordshire, and a growing commuter town, was awarded ‘Access for All’...

There is much to unpack from yesterday’s House of Commons Public Accounts Committee hearing discussing UK rail reform. The Committee...

A common theme running through tragedies such as Horizon, Grenfell and Hillsborough is the nauseating confidence and casual indifference...

Hillsborough, Grenfell, Horizon, Windrush, Orgreave, Daniel Morgan Murder, Shrewsbury 24, Undercover Policing, Contaminated Blood...

The ‘Access for All’ scheme to improve the accessibility of the UK’s train stations was introduced in 2006. To date, it has enabled...

The weight of history weighs heavily on the situation in the Middle East. The actions taken by Hamas during their attack on Israel on 7th...

Following my research into how funding received from housing developers is spent in our communities, I posted The secret world of S106...

Following my research into how funding received from housing developers is spent in our communities , I posted The secret world of S106...

One of the most frequent issues that came up on the doorstep while campaigning during the Mid Bedfordshire by-election was the number of...