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Alex Salmond was dead right about HS2 rail link: Why UK struggles to build infrastructure
A bloated planning system, a London-centric approach, and frivolous political stories about cats all help turn major infrastructure projects like a third runway at Heathrow and the HS2 high-speed rail ...
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What the papers say – February 8
Cuts by both Donald Trump and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are among the stories leading Saturday’s newspapers. The i weekend reports that the UK is braced for US President Donald Trump to demand ...
Through gritted teeth, humiliated Ed Miliband finally backs a third runway for Heathrow as he backtracks on net-zero pledges and says he does 'support what th…
The Climate Secretary was forced to eat humble pie as he backtracked on his net-zero pledges, saying he does 'support what ...
Money blog: Netflix quietly increases its subscription prices
In Money today: the best mortgage rates and where they're expected to go this year following the base rate cut; Netflix has ...
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Labour is wilfully ignoring that the climate crisis is at a crunch point
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer appear happy to pursue growth at any cost – including the destruction of the planet ...
Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse
Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse - AstraZeneca’s planned vaccine hub for Liverpool is off the table - business editor Karl M ...
FTSE falls and Wall Street heads lower as US job creation slows in January
US stocks traded lower after fresh data showed the economy added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than the 175,000 expected by ...
Bakerloo line extension and DLR to Thamesmead: TfL sends 'wish list' to Chancellor Rachel Reeves
TfL has submitted the “wish list” to the Treasury ahead of the Chancellor’s summer spending review. It hopes that Rachel Reeves will offer a multi-year deal, offering it – and its supply chain across ...
Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?
Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ‘growth, growth, growth’ and, now, the prospect of stagflation, the chancellor ...
Keir Starmer thinks the government should run everything. But look at the NHS, immigration & police. It’s all useless
PIERS MORGAN recently went on YouTube with an American God-botherer called Carlson Tucker, who I seem to recall was recently ...
Why London Heathrow’s Third Runway Is So Controversial
A third runway at London Heathrow Airport is an idea that’s been kicking around since the 1980s. But it remains elusive, ...
Ed Miliband leaves one crucial question dangling over Heathrow expansion
Ed Miliband has refused to say whether he is personally in favour of the expansion of Heathrow airport. Chancellor Rachel ...