Price tag for high-speed London to Birmingham line is raised to £57bn just weeks after previous big increase
Comments will inflame running debate over impact of post-pandemic employee shift
Legislation to be announced in King’s Speech will allow companies to bid yearly for new licences to drill for fossil fuels
Sadiq Khan rejects prime minister’s suggestion that private sector will pay for 4.5-mile stretch of high-speed rail project
Annual Ofwat report flags Thames Water, Southern Water, South East Water and SES Water as high priority
Public authorities and lenders are clashing over hospitals and schools as private finance initiative contracts draw to a close
Anaesthetists resign from contracts with medical insurer as private sector picks up strain from NHS
Government should prioritise investment in roads and 5G, says survey by trade body Make UK
Government commission recommends focus on installing and subsidising heat pumps instead
Increase comes after UK government axed rest of line to Manchester in bid to save £36bn
Rishi Sunak promised major new investments as he slashed back HS2. But the UK rail industry is fearful of the future
England’s biggest water and sewage provider says shareholder support is conditional on regulatory changes
The Labour leader said on Thursday he cannot commit to reversing Rishi Sunak’s cut to the northern leg of HS2
Prime minister’s fateful announcement to cull the northern leg of high-speed rail was months in the making
The £36bn saved from cancelling the northern leg is meant to fund smaller transport schemes
Rishi Sunak has announced changes to the redevelopment as he confirmed line would reach the station
Rishi Sunak to announce decision on high speed rail line in his Conservative conference speech
PM set to announce the scaling back of the flagship UK infrastructure project in Tory conference speech
PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg
Households asked to pay an extra £156 per year on average by 2030
Customers’ bills to rise almost 37% by end of decade under new five-year spending plan
There has been a sharp rise in cases concerning water quality, the regulator has warned
A new chief executive and a boom in travel could resurrect the stalled project. But rising costs and environmental concerns stand in the way
Burnham says northern leg could be delayed if government commits to east-west route
Ofwat says almost all groups missed targets on pollution, leakage and customer service
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