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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      High-speed trains and the crashing of Britain’s credibility

      Dropping a chunk of HS2 would undermine the country as a place to do business

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      An artist’s impression of an HS2 train. HS2 is not just a solution on passenger capacity but has become vital to Britain’s net zero goals
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK manufacturing groups hit out at Sunak’s U-turns on net zero pledges

      Trade associations criticise uncertainty created by ‘huge setback’ to industry planning

      Internal components of a Sunamp heat battery at the Sunamp factory in Tranent, UK
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Airbus SE
      Indonesia vows to sue UK over Airbus corruption probe settlement

      Jakarta unhappy it was shut out of British share of €3.6bn deal after helping Serious Fraud Office with investigation

      A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      British Business Bank Plc
      British Business Bank makes £135mn loss as tech valuations drop

      State-backed investor warns that ‘unwinding of previous unrealised gains may well continue over next 12-18 months

      Louis Taylor
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      HS2
      Sunak faces backlash over potential axing of HS2 northern leg

      Tory and Labour politicians, and business groups, criticise reports that flagship rail project will be cut back

      People walk past HS2 hoardings in
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK local government finance
      ‘Dormant volcano’ returns to active duty to rescue Birmingham council

      Veteran fixer Max Caller lured out of retirement to bring UK’s largest local authority back from the brink

      Max Caller
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak considers move to ban smoking for next generation

      Prime minister’s latest effort to tackle falling ratings could trigger party backlash

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      Why Rishi Sunak thinks his net zero gamble will revive Tory prospects

      The UK prime minister is hoping he can use concern over the costs of the green transition as a potent political weapon

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Pensions
      Rollout of auto enrolled pensions for under-22s likely in 2025

      Government set to launch a consultation on key policy change

      Car mechanic balancing car wheels in an auto repair shop
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Tories are stuck in a short- and long-term crisis

      Periods of infighting can be a damaging but necessary step in the timeline of political parties

      Rishi Sunak leaves after a speech
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK public support for ‘big government’ hits record high

      Voters want state to be responsible for controlling prices and reducing inequality

      People on a bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK government seeks to block evidence of Afghanistan whistleblower

      FCDO applies to have parts of former senior civil servant’s witness statement struck out for employment tribunal case

      British armed forces working with the US military to evacuate civilians out of Afghanistan in 2021
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      HS2
      HS2 costs set to jump as inflation undermines rail project’s future

      Price tag set to rise to a figure closer to £91bn, according to calculations by the Financial Times

      Montage of artist’s impression of an HS2 train with £50 notes and a map of the route in the background Undated artist impression handout  issued by HS2 of a early visualisation of an HS2 train. Designs of HS2’s 225mph trains have been recognised for their environmental credentials, according to the company building the high-speed railway. PA Photo. Issue date: Sunday September 3, 2023. HS2 Ltd said its trains are the first in the world to achieve the British Standard Institute’s PAS 2080 global accreditation. See PA story RAIL HS2. Photo credit should read: HS2/PA Wire
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak prepares to water down UK green measures

      PM under fire as he examines delaying initiatives intended to take the country to net zero emissions

      Rishi Sunak
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Post Office Ltd
      UK offers wrongfully convicted Post Office workers £600,000 each

      Move comes as officials seek to draw partial line under long-running Horizon IT scandal

      Former post office workers celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in April
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      HS2
      Tory MPs warn UK government against killing off northern leg of HS2

      Ministers also consider option of cancelling final stretch of high-speed line into central London to cut spiralling costs

      HS2 hoardings outside the site of Birmingham Curzon Street station
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Liz Truss makes defiant return to political fray

      UK’s shortest-serving PM unbowed in speech despite disastrous legacy and attacks from within own party

      Liz Truss arrives at the Institute for Government  to make a speech on Monday
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

      Michael Gove set to announce technical consultation period after local authority declared itself in effect bankrupt

      A man begs for loose change outside Birmingham City council house
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Markets InsightLaura Noonan
      Bank of England refines its new competitiveness mandate

      Staffers provide clues on how the central bank is interpreting the goals set by UK government

      The Bank of England
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      British politicians owe voters some candour on tax

      The UK faces multiple challenges, while the public finances are far from robust

      A person fills out their tax return online
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Tata Steel Ltd
      UK government poised to back Tata Steel with £500mn subsidy

      Deal is aimed at securing future of Port Talbot plant in Wales but will not prevent ultimate loss of about 3,000 jobs

      A blast furnace at the Tata Steel Port Talbot  works
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK scientists call on Sunak to back deep-sea mining ‘moratorium’

      Letter expresses concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact

      Activists protest against deep sea mining in the Pacific
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      UK to welcome 200 companies to N Ireland

      Investment summit comes against backdrop of more than a year of political paralysis in the region

      Arthur Square in Belfast
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Cyber Security
      Ransomware thrives as cyber security remains lax, says UK report

      Multibillion-dollar cybercriminals have developed specialised areas while businesses have been slow to keep pace

      Computer code displayed on screens
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      UK north-south divide
      Lagging school spending for north of England poses risk to economy, study warns

      MPs and experts say educational attainment in region has been hit by insufficient financial support after Covid

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