Network Rail chief joins UK government

Aerial picture of London Waterloo station with the Palace of Westminster, the seat of government on the opposite bank of the Thames
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The new Labour Party government has announced its team of ministers in charge of transport. The new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has appointed his shadow team to the substantive roles. The surprise appointment has been the call for Peter Hendy, the chairman of Network Rail, to give up that post and become the Rail Minister. That means he will serve under Louis Haigh, who has stepped into the hot seat at the Department for Transport as the new Cabinet Secretary for that portfolio.

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Network Rail chief joins UK government

Aerial picture of London Waterloo station with the Palace of Westminster, the seat of government on the opposite bank of the Thames
Image: © Network Rail.

The new Labour Party government has announced its team of ministers in charge of transport. The new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has appointed his shadow team to the substantive roles. The surprise appointment has been the call for Peter Hendy, the chairman of Network Rail, to give up that post and become the Rail Minister. That means he will serve under Louis Haigh, who has stepped into the hot seat at the Department for Transport as the new Cabinet Secretary for that portfolio.

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