EPISODE · Jan 30, 2025 · 1H 4M
69. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the speech of eternal ‘rubbish’
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Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves given the economy the growth serum it needs, or is she on a planet looking increasingly like it’s far, far away?Great British Railways could have the ‘scale and impact’ of the NHS. Seriously?!And the Transport Select Committee grills the Chair of Shadow GBR and the Rail Minister on progress setting up the new organisation – and we ask - have they made any?!In this episode:(00:00) Intro(00:55) Rachel Reeves speech on economic growth(14:17) GBR to have ‘scale and impact of NHS’?(21:44) What progress on creating Great British Railways?(50:06) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members(51:30) Railway News Round-Up(51:34) Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s plans for Bee Network(52:53) Colour blind train drivers(54:02) Darlington station upgrade(55:11) Manchester Oxford Road consultation(56:53) The Quiz(01:01:22) National Trust greener travel free cuppaSubscribe: If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. Better still, hit that subscribe button. It supports the channel and means you'll be notified whenever we publish something new. Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/joinPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignalsGreen Signals: Website - http://www.greensignals.org Newsletter - http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-listFollow: X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/greensignallers LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd Instagram - https://instagram.com/greensignallersCredits:Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)Image CreditsRachel Reeves ©House of Commons (Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Winslow Station on East West Rail - East West RailFootage of Lord Peter Hendy and Laura Shoaf CBE at Transport Select Committee on 22nd January 2025 - Parliamentlive.tvStill of image of Michael O'Leary - Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.comScreengrab of HM Treasury Press Release re Growth (delivered at Siemens Healthineers, Oxfordshire, 29th January 2025
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Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves given the economy the growth serum it needs, or is she on a planet looking increasingly like it’s far, far away?Great British Railways could have the ‘scale and impact’ of the NHS. Seriously?!And the Transport Select Committee grills the Chair of Shadow GBR and the Rail Minister on progress setting up the new organisation – and we ask - have they made any?!In this episode:(00:00) Intro(00:55) Rachel Reeves speech on economic growth(14:17) GBR to have ‘scale and impact of NHS’?(21:44) What progress on creating Great British Railways?(50:06) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members(51:30) Railway News Round-Up(51:34) Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s plans for Bee Network(52:53) Colour blind train drivers(54:02) Darlington station upgrade(55:11) Manchester Oxford Road consultation(56:53) The Quiz(01:01:22) National Trust greener travel free cuppaSubscribe: If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. Better still, hit that subscribe button. It supports the channel and means you'll be notified whenever we publish something new. Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/joinPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignalsGreen Signals: Website - http://www.greensignals.org Newsletter - http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-listFollow: X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/greensignallers LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd Instagram - https://instagram.com/greensignallersCredits:Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)Image CreditsRachel Reeves ©House of Commons (Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)Winslow Station on East West Rail - East West RailFootage of Lord Peter Hendy and Laura Shoaf CBE at Transport Select Committee on 22nd January 2025 - Parliamentlive.tvStill of image of Michael O'Leary - Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.comScreengrab of HM Treasury Press Release re Growth (delivered at Siemens Healthineers, Oxfordshire, 29th January 2025
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