The Right to Mobility
There's a long way to go, but Labour's manifesto could mark the first step in ending Britain's obsession with the private car.
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Lynsey Hanley
Lynsey Hanley is a freelance writer and the author of Estates: an Intimate History and Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide.
Barbara Castle: Transport Minister
After two years as international development secretary, Barbara Castle took transport — an unloved government brief — and used it to vindicate Labour’s purpose in power.