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Mike Katz

Mike KatzMike Katz is Chair of Hampstead & Kilburn CLP. A former member of the NPF and the Prosperity and Work Policy Commission, he is also co-vice chair of the Jewish Labour Movement and helped to set up the Labour Transport Group. He used to work for rail union TSSA and now works for a transport consultancy.

Posted on May 21, 2009 at 09:54am

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Fit for the next century

2:35 pm, Thu 11th Mar 2010
Fit for the next century By Mike Katz It’s a word that gets bandied about a tad too often, but today’s announcement on high speed rail by Lord Adonis can truly be called historic. For...
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Kaminski, Europe and the scrutiny on Tory judgement that's not going to go away

11:43 am, Tue 13th Oct 2009
Kaminski, Europe and the scrutiny on Tory judgement that's not going to go away By Mike Katz As today’s Guardian editorial makes clear, the row over the Tories' far-right European allies won’t go away. It is basically an argument about their lack of judgement...
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Proposal #10: Commit to building a national high-speed rail network

12:32 pm, Fri 18th Sep 2009
Proposal #10: Commit to building a national high-speed rail network By Mike Katz Here’s a startling fact. There are 3,480 miles of high-speed railway lines in mainland Europe with a further 2,160 miles under construction and 5,280 miles planned for...
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Cameron must be challenged on his new European "friends"

3:22 pm, Tue 28th Jul 2009
Cameron must be challenged on his new European "friends" By Mike Katz Tory leader David Cameron’s decision to split from the mainstream centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament and ally his party’s MEPs with the dregs...
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We now have a real chance to construct a not-for-profit benchmark for our railways

3:49 pm, Thu 2nd Jul 2009
We now have a real chance to construct a not-for-profit benchmark for our railways By Mike Katz A key element of yesterday's decision by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis that the Government was taking control of the National Express East Coast operation was that NX...
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Cameron is wrong to call for a poll now

10:00 am, Thu 21st May 2009
Cameron is wrong to call for a poll now By Mike Katz In these days of Parliamentary turmoil, we are all supposed to put aside partisan consideration for the good of our democracy. So I'm amazed that David Cameron...
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