Labour councillors have been criticised for spending thousands on "luxury travel" instead of "fixing damp homes" and "repairing roads". South Tyneside Council spent close to £15,000 over 18 months on ...

COUNCIL bosses have sparked fury by spending a quarter of a million pounds on luxury first class rail travel. Taxpayers’ have been landed with a £250,000 bill for the 1,638 first class tickets over ...

Ministers have been urged to back Scottish Green calls for an end to first class rail on ScotRail services. The call will be made as part of a Scottish Government debate on trains, with Scottish ...

THE Scottish Government is under pressure to ban first class travel perks for civil servants after a quango splashed out thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash on funding expensive rail trips for ...

Ever wondered what it's like to travel in Eurostar's swankiest class – business premier? Two travel experts from The Points Guy lift the veil, and reveal whether it's worth paying the extra, which can ...

Train journeys can fill even the most stoic of people with dread. Yes, we’re very lucky to have such a huge network of trains, reaching to almost every corner of the country. But there will be few ...

European backpacking trips may be seen as a 'rite of passage' for gap-year students, but Eurail, which sells Interrail passes, has seen sales spike for its (often-overlooked) first-class option. The ...

They spend many hours travelling from their constituencies to Westminster but it seems some MPs are able to enjoy their journeys more than others. New figures show how MPs are claiming thousands of ...

Thousands of holidaymakers are expected to flock to the UK’s best beaches and beauty spots this bank holiday. But it’s not too late to bag a bargain and get a cheap first-class train ticket. In fact, ...

Turning to my boyfriend and travel companion James, I told him we had to get off our train. We were an hour-and-a-half into a three-and-a-half journey from London to Carlisle and I’d surprised him ...