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    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      HS2
      The HS2 rail line: what has been cut and what will replace it?

      The £36bn saved from cancelling the northern leg is meant to fund smaller transport schemes

      2 hours ago
      Montage of HS2 route
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      UK politics
      Third of funds in Sunak’s maths scheme unspent in first year

      PM’s flagship Multiply programme gets off to slow start, with experts criticising ‘short termist’ approach

    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Sunak under fire over plan to slash HS2 rail line

      PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg

      Rishi Sunak listens to Jeremy Hunt’s speech
    • 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

      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
    • 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
    • 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
      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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      UK airports
      UK government ignored advice to identify buildings with lightweight concrete

      Raac found in Heathrow and Gatwick airports as university building forced to close

      Gatwick airport
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      UK ministers explore cutting working-age benefits in real terms

      Senior Conservatives say move would create space for tax cuts ahead of election

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      School chaos shows the price of Britain’s addiction to shortcuts

      Dodgy materials and poor construction typify a desire to drive down public sector costs via opaque contracts

      Illustration of two children in school uniform standing outside a doorway with red-and-white tape strung across it looking into a derelict classroom where the ceiling is propped up with scaffolding
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s crumbling public buildings

      Risks of lightweight concrete in schools are symptomatic of a wider problem

      A worker carries out repairs to a school in Leicester. The National Audit Office warned in June that 700,000 pupils were at schools needing major rebuilding or refurbishment
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Not all English councils will survive government’s long funding squeeze

      Once hailed as an exemplary authority, Birmingham’s history of poor governance has left it facing big bills

      Statue of Queen Victoria with the Council House behind it in Birmingham, England
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK Home Office risks losing key source of funding for asylum seekers, says watchdog

      ICAI says new legislation could prevent department from using overseas aid money to support refugees in Britain

      A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat traveling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK schools
      UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades, data shows

      Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending

      A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Apprenticeship levy
      English councils seek devolution of apprenticeships as uptake sinks

      CCN calls for restoration of adult education budget to 2010 levels and says levy has failed

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      One in 11 workers in England will be employed in NHS by 2036, IFS calculates

      Long-term workforce plan acknowledges virtual inevitability of big increases in health spending, study finds

      Staff on NHS ward
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      UK ministers miss small business procurement spending target

      Record £21bn outlay on goods and services but 33% ambition from 2015 still not reached

    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      UK quantitative easing
      UK government faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses

      Estimated cost to taxpayers has increased sharply as interest rates have risen

      Montage featuring exterior of the Bank of England
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      The Royal Family
      British royal household faces cut in share of government funding

      Sovereign grant level to be lowered to 12% of Crown Estate’s profits after wind farm boon

      From left: Prince George, Prince Louis, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte and King Charles III on the balcony of Buckingham Palace last month
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      There is no low-tax option at the next UK election

      Both major parties have yet to be totally honest with the electorate

      A man in a suit and bowler hat rides a hot air balloon with word tax written across it
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Science
      Sunak to push back decision on UK rejoining Horizon until after summer

      Scientists’ hopes for end to delay on access to EU research programme look to be dashed

      Glass vials in a laboratory
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