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Ministers Were 'Lied To' Over West Coast Rail Deal

PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

A government department has been branded "irresponsible" over its role in the collapse of the £5 billion West Coast Mainline rail contract. A comm...

Charlie Thomas

FirstGroup Shareholders The Latest To Suffer From West Coast Flawed Bidding Fiasco

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK

Transport giant FirstGroup has been forced to freeze its dividend because of the uncertainty caused by the botched attempt to win the West Coast mainl...

Justine Greening, Theresa Villiers And Patrick McLoughlin Under Pressure Over Costly West Coast Mistake

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 04.10.2012 | UK Politics

Three cabinet ministers are braced for a potentially career-ending game of whodunnit following the revelation that the Department for Transport botche...

West Coast Contract Cancelled Over 'Technical Flaws'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK

The competition to run trains on the West Coast Main Line has been cancelled following the discovery of "significant technical flaws" in the way the f...

'Taking The System For A Ride'

PA | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK

The Department for Transport (DfT) did not follow its own rules over the West Coast main line franchise bidding process, Virgin boss Sir Richard Brans...

Virgin Trains To Sue Over West Coast Franchise

PA | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK

Virgin Trains is to mount a last-gasp legal challenge to try to hold on to its West Coast main line franchise. Earlier this month, the government a...

Branson Urges Cameron 'To Get Some Sense'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.08.2012 | UK

Sir Richard Branson has urged David Cameron to intervene in the row over the West Coast Mainline contract to "try and get some sense" into the Departm...

Sir Richard Branson Offers To Run West Coast Main Line For Free

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.08.2012 | UK

Sir Richard Branson has offered to run the West Coast Main Line for free to allow parliament more time to examine their decision to award the franchis...

On The Right Track?

PA | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK

A Parliamentary select committee chairman today asked the Government to delay signing off the deal which will see Sir Richard Branson's train company ...

FirstGroup Wins Contract To Run Richard Branson

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK Comedy

Richard Branson has blasted the government following the announcement that transport giant FirstGroup will now be running him. FirstGroup will star...

Virgin Rail Loses West Coast Franchise

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK

Sir Richard Branson has blasted the Department of Transport for its "insanity" in awarding the West Coast Main Line that his Virgin Rail company has b...