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    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      Miranda Green
      Drivers’ re-education camp: embrace your inner swot

      As 20mph becomes a default speed limit, let’s swallow the road rage and learn to love taking endless courses

      Rural signposts to a local pub and nearby villages plus a 20mph speed limit
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Helen Thomas
      Dithering and indecision: the British infrastructure curse

      Failure to make and stick to plans means big projects cost far more than they should while hampering their benefits

    • 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
      Lords accuse UK government of ‘lack of leadership’ on water industry investment

      Clearer guidance needed on trade-off between holding down bills and providing the funds needed to cut pollution and protect supplies

      Environmental campaign group Surfers Against Sewage protesting in Cornwall this year
    • 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
      HS2
      Labour casts fresh doubts over HS2 route north of Birmingham

      UK opposition party’s caution comes after Tory government refuses to commit to northern section of project

      A woman walks past HS2 hoardings
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      Crumbling concrete sparks international debate on peculiarly British problem

      Experts look at British construction methods as issues with Raac in public buildings not reported in other countries

      The Park View School in London
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      HS2 route north of Birmingham in doubt as Sunak and Hunt explore more cost-cuts

      Downing Street, Treasury and transport department refuse to commit to building high-speed line to Manchester

      An aerial view of the Birmingham High Speed Rail 2 station construction site at Curzon Street in Birmingham, England
    • 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
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why?

      A country famous for its rainy climate faces grave supply issues, after years of poorly managed systems

      Jodie Mills, director of the West Cumbria Rivers Trust, on the dry bed of the river Derwent with her small, white dog Maisie
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
      The Nimby tax on Britain and America

      Local objections and protracted reviews mean new infrastructure projects cost far more in the UK and US than elsewhere

      Four people in high-visibility orange construction suits walk along the inside of a huge tunnel frame towards blue and red blobs from a data chart
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Construction sector
      UK construction companies go under at fastest rate in a decade

      More than 4,000 operators become insolvent within a year as cost inflation and housebuilding slowdown bite

      Men on scaffolding
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Network Rail Ltd
      Network Rail faces court case over fatal Scotland train crash

      Public body to appear at High Court in Aberdeen over 2020 collision

      A carriage is lifted by crane from the site of the fatal rail crash near Carmont in 2020
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      UK Government
      UK government buildings hit by 130 sewage leaks in past year

      Incidents recorded across the country, according to ministers

      Whitehall buildings and sign
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      UK energy
      This village shows how a pylon backlash threatens the green energy shift

      Residents of Ardleigh reject ‘bribes’ for net zero power infrastructure

    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Victorian sewers not to blame for England’s pollution, research shows

      Water company excuses for spills debunked by findings that most infrastructure was built in 20th century

      Waste water flows from an outflow pipe on Pagham Beach in Bognor Regis
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Utilities
      Severn Trent faces US-style class action lawsuit over sewage spills

      Ex-Oxford academic launches claim for alleged under-reporting of pollution and overcharging

    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Hopes of turning Cambridge into ‘science capital of Europe’ collide with reality

      Local opposition to housebuilding around university city and lack of water and transport infrastructure undermine grand plans

    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Pay UK households to accept new power lines, report urges

      Move could help ease resistance to network projects in drive to wean country off fossil fuels, adviser says

      Electricity pylons behind houses in Lydd, Kent
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Rail
      National Express owner plans to launch Eurostar rival

      Mobico has been holding talks with Spanish Cosmen family about cross-Channel rail service

      A National Express coach
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Renewable energy
      Blow to UK renewable plans after Vattenfall halts wind farm project

      Swedish group suspends work on Norfolk Boreas offshore site after surging costs

      Wind turbines
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      UK energy
      Macquarie takes further control of Britain’s gas network

      World’s biggest infrastructure investor raises stake in National Gas and bets on bigger role for hydrogen

      Macquarie’s logo
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      Macquarie’s grip on global infrastructure

      Inside Thames Water’s troubles and what happens when private companies own utilities

    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Telecoms
      UK watchdog says telcos must make cheap offers visible to the vulnerable

      Ofcom warns not enough people claiming benefits are benefiting from deals ‘buried away on the website’

    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Higher England and Wales water bills risk ‘crisis’ for households

      Watchdog urges companies to offer more support over plans to raise charges up to 49%

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