Infrastructure
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NewsSNP calls for changes to Westminster鈥檚 fiscal rules to boost infrastructure investment
Party鈥檚 manifesto also calls for devolution of housing benefit to boost social housing delivery
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NewsIndustry reacts to Conservative Party鈥檚 鈥榰nbalanced鈥� and 鈥榝rustrating鈥� manifesto
Modest welcome for Help to Buy relaunch but Tories fail to impress with lack of planning reform
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NewsSunak pledges to revive Help To Buy at Conservative manifesto launch
Party also pledges to get major infrastructure projects signed off within 12 months
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NewsMitigating local planning concerns meant HS2 was always going to be expensive, says scheme鈥檚 former COO
Unfair to compare railway鈥檚 cost to those in Europe because of amount of tunnels and cuttings that have needed digging, Richard Robinson adds
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NewsKier cuts net debt by a further 拢100m
Order book increases 6% as part of 鈥榙isciplined growth鈥� says contracting giant
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NewsRailway station footbridge 鈥榦verdue by a decade and 拢8.25m over budget鈥�
Upgrade in Berkshire due to open this spring reflects聽鈥榮tifling bureaucracy and red tape鈥櫬爐hat affects UK infrastructure planning and construction, according to local MP聽
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NewsAutumn statement 2023: coverage all in one place
黑洞社区鈥檚 coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place
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NewsShadow chancellor pledges to speed up 鈥榗ritically important infrastructure鈥�
Shadow chancellor set to announce measures to fast track planning for life sciences, battery factories and 5G infrastructure
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NewsHS2 may not go into central London, according to reports
DfT has not denied reports that the Old Oak Common to Euston branch could be scrapped or delayed to save money
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NewsAutumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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NewsInfrastructure heavyweights Mark Wild and Kay Hughes join 黑洞社区 the Future Commission
HS2鈥檚 design director and former Crossrail boss among latest to join 黑洞社区鈥檚 12-month project
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NewsCrossrail鈥檚 Bond Street station to open next month
Central London station plagued by series of delays聽
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NewsCrossrail鈥檚 Bond Street station finally set to open by November
Station did not open when rest of central section of railway got up and running in May
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NewsHS2 starts installing UK鈥檚 longest rail bridge
The 700-tonne bridge-building machine will install 1,000 unique bridge segments across two miles
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NewsFull-length Elizabeth line services will be running this year, says TfL boss
Weekend closures for testing mean full 60-mile line will be operational much sooner than predicted date of May 2023
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NewsBalfour Beatty and Atkins JV gets go-ahead for 拢250m highways project
Transport secretary approves M25 scheme after delay to consider environmental impacts
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NewsGove confirms plans for 鈥榮treet votes鈥� and local design codes in Queen鈥檚 speech
Housing secretary trails policies aimed at 鈥榞entle densification鈥� ahead of expected levelling up bill announcement tomorrow
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NewsCrossrail set to open later this month
Central section services should start running on 24 May, project team confirms聽
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NewsCrossrail: How the delay has unfolded
How much is Crossrail going to cost? 黑洞社区聽reveals what we know about the rail project鈥檚 delay聽