The chief executive of the £16bn Crossrail project has resigned, months after the transport scheme's future was guaranteed in the comprehensive spending review.

You also failed to mention safe transport schemes for women.

Tomorrow Philip Hammond will also set out our plans to giving communities more power over the funding and decisions for local transport schemes.

He had personally set up the transport scheme.

To receive government approval for their major transport schemes, local authorities submit them to something called the development pool.

Why not spend some of that money on improving public transport schemes - more energy efficient, safer and less polluting?

Major Schemes are those local transport schemes that cost more than £5m (except exceptional cases, see below).

They also include some complex and innovative integrated transport schemes.

The department will consider providing support for other transport schemes costing less than £5m where they meet certain specific criteria.

A strong example would be the establishment of rural transport schemes, to assist socially disadvantaged in isolated locations.