Guardian criticises Treasury for ‘growth at all costs’ transport policies

The idea that the Department for Transport is in charge of transport policy in the UK Government was challenged by an article that suggested that the influence of the Treasury is key.

On 24 May The Guardian’s political correspondent, Juliette Jowit, was strongly critical of what she deemed to be the Treasury’s excessive power within government. “Critics denounce its often secretive and some say arrogant culture, as well as its unabashed free-market, conservative, short-term growth agenda,” Jowit began. “Some also suspect there is an ambivalence or even denial of climate change feeding down from the top that infuses the department’s...

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