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InTheNews: The latest rail news on Wednesday 26th November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to increase taxes in the Budget later.
An article on the BBC website says ahead of delivering her Budget statement, Reeves said she will take “fair and necessary choices” for the economy, to bring down NHS waiting lists, the national debt and the cost of living.
The chancellor said she will push ahead with “the biggest drive for growth in a generation”, which will include sweeping investments across many sectors, to build a “fairer, stronger and more secure Britain”.
It has already been announced that regulated rail fares in England are to be frozen next year for the first time in 30 years.
Clayton Equipment, the Burton upon Trent-based locomotive manufacturer with a heritage stretching back more than 90 years, has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
An article on The Business Desk says the move was lodged late on Tuesday afternoon (November 25) via law firm Freeths and gives the business around 10 days of protection from creditor action while its future is considered.
Founded in 1931, Clayton Equipment is a specialist producer of bespoke locomotives for mining, tunnelling, metro and mainline rail environments.
Engineers at the University of Southampton are leading the way in ensuring the UK’s railways are future proofed and resilient to climate change – using science to reach the most economical and effective solutions.
Their work has saved billions of pounds of public money and improved the resilience of the ageing rail network.
The University’s pioneering research has now won royal recognition, scooping a prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education.
An exhibition train marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway has arrived at the West Somerset Railway.
An article on the BBC says the train, called Inspiration, is on a nationwide tour with more than 200,000 people expected to visit.
The West Somerset Railway is the only stopping point for the mobile exhibition in the West.
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