RAIL PROFILE: HEIDI ALEXANDER

TOM EDWARDS

Can success in the capital transfer to the wider stage? When Heidi Alexander stepped down as London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport, she had an Elizabeth line train named after her. In London, where deputy mayors can be quietly moved on with little recognition, the new Transport Secretary was showered with compliments. Previously the MP for Lewisham East, Heidi Alexander took on the transport brief under Mayor Sadiq Khan, with a focus on delivering his strategy. By her own admission, in a tweet now used by her critics, she said she didn’t have “qualifications in transport”, but “working an average 60-hour working week is anything but easy”. She was widely regarded as hard-working, friendly and smart. Initially, according to City Hall, she was going to be focused on “ensuring that London…

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