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...Yours sincerely, Andrew Adonis...
...Andrew Adonis, a former Labour transport secretary, said the government was bailing out Richard Branson and Brian Souter, the two billionaires behind Virgin and Stagecoach, “at the expense of the taxpayer...
...Brian, you think this is revelry that went wrong and that people overdosed on body spray?...
...With Brian Groom of the Financial Times, plus author Julian Glover and Andrew Adonis, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission. Presented by Sebastian Payne....
...I really hope, particularly on the back of the Adonis report, that whoever is in power will build on this and push it further.”...
...Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, and Lord Adonis, the shadow infrastructure minister, say in a foreword to the report: “Our local economies cannot withstand another major upheaval of the local growth infrastructure...
...Mr Miliband commissioned Lord Adonis, former Labour transport minister, to build on the Heseltine report with a view to incentivising towns and cities to work with business and universities to take control...
...However if the government follow the recommendations of Andrew Adonis on the supply side then the government could be outstandingly successful....
...brian.groom@ft.com...
...A similar idea had recently been promoted by Lord Adonis, the Blairite former schools minister....
...Reporting by Brian Groom, Andrew Bounds, John Murray Brown, James Pickford and Chris Tighe...
...Brian Moore, a Conservative activist leading Newcastle’s Yes campaign, said: “If we aren’t on the top table with the other cities, as a region we’re stuffed.”...
...Put Andrew Adonis in charge of a new housing and infrastructure department....
...By Brian Groom Britain appears unsure whether it is living in 2012 or 1982 – and whether Margaret Thatcher, rather than David Cameron, is prime minister....
...The report was commissioned by Lord Adonis, the former transport secretary, and continued by the new government....
...Your guide to the best commentary on the high-speed rail announcement made this morning by Lord Adonis: Ray Massey at the Daily Mail points out that the route creates blight in leafy Chilterns Tory seats...
...Brian Souter, chief executive of Stagecoach, said further improvements to punctuality and reliability were dependent on Lord Adonis, transport minister, giving train operators more responsibility for tracks...
...Asked by the BBC on Wednesday to name a senior business leader who backed the rival Labour proposal, Lord Adonis, the transport minister, could only come up with Lord Sugar, the Labour minister....
...Brian Souter, chief executive, had accused the Department for Transport in June of being either “dsyfunctional or chaotic” in its dealings with train operators....
...Brian Groom Link between pensions and earnings What is Labour proposing?...
...Brian Kontes grumbled darkly as the casketed Commendatore, while Kelly Markgraf did what he could as a statuesque Masetto....
...Send your comments to brian.groom@ft.com...
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