Everyone agrees we need to get more freight on to rail. But the Government is cutting the grant necessary to do this. It is another example of a promise being broken.

This is yet another example of the government saying something about transport and the environment that the small print renders useless. How can the government trumpet its green credentials with a zero rate of tax when people can't actually buy the cars that would benefit from it?

This new classification of bonds is targeting freight transfer between truck and rail. The one component that always had me concerned on the overall financing of this project was the rail. It is a very important piece.

Clearly there are things you cannot realistically do as Prime Minister because they are going to incur disproportionate costs.

I think most people will be astonished at the way ministers seem to be using the Queen's Flight as a private taxi service.

The Prime Minister needs to have proper security. But I'm not at all persuaded that hiring luxury yachts on behalf of the security services to travel with the Prime Minister while he is on a luxury cruise is a good use of taxpayers' money,