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19 Mar 20
The collapse of airline operator Thomas Cook cost the government an estimated £156m, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
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11 Feb 20
Boris Johnson has given the green light for the controversial HS2 rail project to go ahead despite admitting that costs have “exploded”.
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11 Feb 20
The government has promised an ‘electric vehicle revolution’ by 2040 to tackle the climate emergency, but building an infrastructure to support this may be easier said than done, PJ White reports.
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6 Feb 20
A union has called the government’s allocation of £170m to improve bus services a “drop in the ocean”.
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30 Jan 20
Chancellor Sajid Javid has thrown his weight behind HS2 in a major boost for the rail project, it has been reported.
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23 Jan 20
Delays and cost increases to the HS2 rail line are a result of the government underestimating the “complexity and risk” of the project, a damning watchdog report has said.
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20 Jan 20
The cost of the HS2 high-speed rail project could increase to £106bn, a leaked government report has said.
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10 Jan 20
Funding for pothole repairs in England is being disproportionately skewed towards urban areas with London councils able to spend three times more than county authorities, analysis has found.
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6 Jan 20
The cost of HS2 is “out of control” and parliament has been misled over the real price, which could exceed £100bn, a former deputy chair of a review on the rail project has warned.
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6 Dec 19
Prosecutions for misuse of blue badges increased by nearly 18% in the last financial year in England, new figures have shown.
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4 Dec 19
The Conservatives have promised to hand mayoral and combined authority areas £4.2bn to improve local train, bus and tram routes in England.
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3 Dec 19
Labour has promised to cut rail fares by a third after it was announced that travellers will be paying an extra 2.7% on average in the new year.
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14 Nov 19
A draft copy of a government review into HS2 warns that although its cost may exceed its current price of £88bn, it should still be built.
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28 Oct 19
Transport ministers will urge the Treasury to provide councils with longer-term funding in the next Spending Review to deal with the huge number of potholes on local roads.
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16 Oct 19
Leaders in the North and Midlands should take control of HS2 to avoid cancellation of the project as it will provide “massive” economic benefits, according to a partnership.
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3 Sep 19
HS2 could cost as much as £88bn and faces a seven-year delay, transport secretary Grant Shapps told parliament in a statement today.
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30 Aug 19
The government has launched a review to discover the scale of Blue Badge fraud and find ways to tackle it.
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30 Aug 19
The government has announced it is to allocate £30m for ports, transport links and councils in an attempt to keep trade flowing smoothly after the Brexit deadline of 31 October.
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27 Aug 19
The Northern Powerhouse Partnership think-tank has announced its own review of High Speed 2 in response to the government commissioning analysis of the project.
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21 Aug 19
The future of the high-speed HS2 rail project is to be determined by the findings of an independent review expected by the end of the year.
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19 Aug 19
Londoners will receive nearly three times more transport spend per person annually than those in the north of England until 2033 unless the government invests in the Northern Powerhouse, analysis has...
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14 Aug 19
Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
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7 Aug 19
A no deal Brexit will just heap more uncertainty on councils already working in the dark, explains LGiU chief executive Jonathan Carr-West.
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29 Jul 19
Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
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23 Jul 19
Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
19 Mar 20The collapse of airline operator Thomas Cook cost the government an estimated £156m, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
11 Feb 20Boris Johnson has given the green light for the controversial HS2 rail project to go ahead despite admitting that costs have “exploded”.
11 Feb 20The government has promised an ‘electric vehicle revolution’ by 2040 to tackle the climate emergency, but building an infrastructure to support this may be easier said than done, PJ White reports.
6 Feb 20A union has called the government’s allocation of £170m to improve bus services a “drop in the ocean”.
30 Jan 20Chancellor Sajid Javid has thrown his weight behind HS2 in a major boost for the rail project, it has been reported.
23 Jan 20Delays and cost increases to the HS2 rail line are a result of the government underestimating the “complexity and risk” of the project, a damning watchdog report has said.
10 Jan 20Funding for pothole repairs in England is being disproportionately skewed towards urban areas with London councils able to spend three times more than county authorities, analysis has found.
6 Dec 19Prosecutions for misuse of blue badges increased by nearly 18% in the last financial year in England, new figures have shown.
4 Dec 19The Conservatives have promised to hand mayoral and combined authority areas £4.2bn to improve local train, bus and tram routes in England.
3 Dec 19Labour has promised to cut rail fares by a third after it was announced that travellers will be paying an extra 2.7% on average in the new year.
30 Aug 19The government has launched a review to discover the scale of Blue Badge fraud and find ways to tackle it.
30 Aug 19The government has announced it is to allocate £30m for ports, transport links and councils in an attempt to keep trade flowing smoothly after the Brexit deadline of 31 October.
14 Aug 19Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
7 Aug 19A no deal Brexit will just heap more uncertainty on councils already working in the dark, explains LGiU chief executive Jonathan Carr-West.
29 Jul 19Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
23 Jul 19Incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to improve education, infrastructure and policing in the UK.
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