By©Muhammad Haque
1740 Hrs GMT
London Monday 23 July 2007
Ruth Kelly must not say or state or publish anything in her scheduled statement to the House of Commons tomorrow [Tuesday 24 July 2007] that perpetuates the fundamental lies that Big Business plotters have been retailing via the London EVENING ‘no standards’ STANDARD under covers of ‘solving London’s transport crisis’.
Ruth Kelly is not able in one White Paper statement or ‘scheme’ to undo the damage done to the transport infrastructure of London over decades by Big Business and their cohorts in the smaller outfits brought into being with the primary aim of grabbing public resources and individual transport users’ money and making private profit AT THE EXPENSE of the transport needs of London.
Ruth Kelly must not make things worse.
And she can make the start by scrapping the present Crossrail hole Bill [the hybrid ‘Crossrail Bill’ now in the UK House of Commons]
Over the next 15 hours, I shall update Ruth Kelly on what she can and do with competence, economy and constitutionality.
[To be continued]
As a pointer to the sort of ‘advice’ Ruth Kelly must shun in exercising her ‘powers’ and her discretions as the new Transport Minister, we are running the following piece that has been posted on the Daily Mail the flagship [print] title of the Big Business company that owns and controls the CRASSrail hole- plot-backer EVENIN G STANDARD
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AADHIKARonline quoting Daily Mail web site ignorantly asking [Monday 23 July 2007 new 'Transport' Minister Ruth Kelly to do things on transport that do not have economic, environmental or social relevance or merit.
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Rail White Paper 'must address overcrowding and punctuality', demands watchdog
Last updated at 13:30pm on 23rd July 2007
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A passenger watchdog is demanding a commitment from the Government to making cast-iron improvements to the rail network
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The Government's rail White Paper must tackle train overcrowding and improve punctuality, a passenger watchdog chief has demanded.
The White Paper, to be unveiled tomorrow by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, must also ensure booked-in-advance saver tickets continue to be protected from huge above-inflation rises, Passenger Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said.
The White Paper is expected to give the go-ahead to the eagerly-awaited but much-delayed north-south, cross-London £3.5 billion Thameslink 2000 rail project.
Station improvement plans may include projects at Birmingham New Street and Reading.
And Ms Kelly is thought to be announcing that an extra 300 new carriages in addition to the previously-announced 1,000 will be coming on to the network.
Mr Smith said today: "What we want to see is a commitment to improved punctuality, urgent action to tackle ongoing crowding problems in many areas of the country and funding for major projects such as Thameslink, Birmingham New Street and Reading.
"We also want to see an ongoing commitment to fares regulation, at least at the current level. And it is also important that regulation is maintained for saver tickets."
Around 40 per cent of fares, including season tickets and most saver fares, are regulated and cannot rise annually by more than 1 per cent above the inflation rate.
However, passengers have been alarmed by some recent rises of as much as 20% on some off-peak, unregulated fares.
Thameslink 2000 will improved commuter rail services to and through central London, with capacity in some sections increasing from eight trains an hour to 24.
Passengers, as well as many businesses, will also be anxious to see if the White Paper finally outlines the Government's financial commitment to another long-delayed project - Crossrail.
First mooted as long ago as 1994, the £15 billion west-east, cross-London Crossrail project would -like Thameslink - ease congestion in central London, while improving rail links to the west and east of the capital.
The Government has expressed its support for Crossrail and a Crossrail Bill is currently going through Parliament. But the Government has yet to say just how much public money will go into the scheme.
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