This was covered in The Star, which you can read here. After confirmation last week that train fares will rise by 2.8% in January 2020, research by Labour has revealed that the price of Sheffield-Manchester and Sheffield-Leeds season tickets will have increased by 35% and 39% respectively by 2020, from…

I’ve backed a bid by the Northern Powerhouse All-Party Parliamentary Group for the funding needed for Transport for the North’s Strategic Plan. This includes Northern Powerhouse Rail and also further strategic projects, as recommended by the National Infrastructure Commission. Along with eighty other Parliamentarians, I signed a letter to Chancellor…

 I’ll be on Radio Sheffield this afternoon talking about my reaction to the consumer group Which?’s annual rail survey, which gave Northern the lowest customer satisfaction ratings (of 32% satisfaction) in the country. In response to today’s report I’ve said: “Its rock bottom rating confirms everything constituents have been telling me.…