Darling, previously Work and Pensions Secretary, is seen as a safe pair of hands. He will concentrate solely on the transport issue, with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions effectively broken up and responsibility effectively handed to deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
Prescott has since raised hackles by claiming the transport select committee's savaging of the much-trumpeted £180bn transport plan, which he originally devised, “knifed Byers in the back”. The committee said the strategy was failing to establish an integrated transport infrastructure and had created no viable alternatives to the car.
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