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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      High Speed Two Ltd
      HS2 delay will increase costs, warns UK spending watchdog

      Rail line’s price tag has soared from £33bn a decade ago to as much as £100bn

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK business & economy
      UK’s top airports aim to fly 150mn more passengers a year

      Expansion plans would lift numbers by 60% as sector pursues growth ahead of 2050 net zero target, FT analysis finds

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt scales back UK ‘investment zones’ plan

      Chancellor announces launch of 12 new clusters in a trimmed-down version of Liz Truss’s policy

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      High Speed Two Ltd
      HS2 rail project delayed by 2 years to save costs

      Road schemes postponed as ministers seek to offset impact of inflation on capital budgets

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Mitie Group PLC
      Mitie hunts for acquisitions to boost telecoms support business

      UK outsourcer seeks to capitalise on 5G roll out and removal of China’s Huawei from country’s telecoms network

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      HS2
      Jon Thompson to become new chair of HS2

      UK audit watchdog chief takes over as government attempts to rein in rail link’s costs

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      High Speed Two Ltd
      HS2 faces more delays and cuts as UK government seeks to rein in costs

      Ministers explore options for high-speed rail line which is country’s biggest infrastructure project

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      BT Group Plc
      BT chief warns Openreach fibre push will ‘end in tears’ for rivals

      Telecoms group’s competitors race to lay fibre networks across UK before incumbent

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Hunt insists HS2 rail line will terminate in central London

      Chancellor rejects reports that project will finish on outskirts of capital to save money

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK Infrastructure Bank
      UK infrastructure bank criticised for misdirecting project funding

      MPs accuse lender of lacking ‘strategic vision’ of where to target investment

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Graham Mather
      Plan to sort out Britain’s railways is stuck in the sidings

      The government seems to have lost interest in the idea of a new body to oversee the network

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      BT Openreach
      BT’s Openreach reveals plan to cut broadband rates for providers

      Move sparks backlash from alternative fibre networks

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Camilla Cavendish
      Train strike chaos is a true nightmare before Christmas

      We live in an age of extraordinary human endeavours, but it seems impossible to run eight carriages along a fixed line

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Thames Water PLC
      Thames Water warns of threat from inflation and leaks

      Energy and labour costs soar as summer heatwave caused more burst pipes

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UK Broadband
      UK to deploy Musk’s Starlink in first test of satellite for rural connectivity

      Government aims to provide ultrafast internet to all homes across country

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      BT Openreach
      Openreach cutbacks hit expansion of UK ultrafast fibre network

      BT division suspends work on future projects as it seeks savings amid high inflation

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Northern England hit hardest by decline in UK rail services

      Driver shortages, industrial unrest and infrastructure problems leave travellers stuck

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Sunak reverses Truss’s promise to build northern rail scheme in full

      East-west high-speed line pared again but HS2 chief confident north-south project will not be cut back

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      BT Openreach
      BT’s Openreach looking at lowering cost of wholesale broadband

      Network which sells to multiple internet service providers faces increasing competition

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Rail
      North of England mayors urge ministers to fix intercity rail service

      Passenger complaints against Transpennine Express double in last quarter triggering calls for urgent intervention

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      UK urged to lay out ‘clear plan’ on new infrastructure projects

      Australian pension fund manager IFM says instability and lack of clarity are delaying investment

    • Saturday, 15 October, 2022
      HS2
      First phase of HS2 set to bust budget by ‘many billions’ of pounds

      Treasury seeks more savings on high-speed rail project less than a year after eastern leg to Leeds was scrapped

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      Truss vows to reverse big cuts to key rail scheme in northern England

      UK prime minister said Northern Powerhouse Rail would be built in full between Liverpool and Hull via Bradford

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Kwarteng promises to speed up UK infrastructure projects

      Rising construction materials prices could hit chancellor’s ability to deliver on pledges, say experts

    • Monday, 19 September, 2022
      TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
      TalkTalk pushes UK government to promote superfast broadband

      Target to cover 99% of homes needs a campaign to encourage switching, provider says

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