HS2 and the great illusion
How speed obsession derailed Britain’s biggest infrastructure story When the history of Britain’s 21st-century infrastructure is written, HS2 will not be remembered as.
Politics
Transport
Leadership
Politics
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We need leadership, not management
I wanna believe Rachel Reeves, but I’m having trouble – and I think I’ve worked out why The Chancellor’s been out warming up.
Business News
Politics
Starmer wavers on tax vow
Manifesto promise under strain Sir Keir Starmer has refused to stand by Labour’s election pledge not to raise income tax, employee national insurance,.
Culture
People
Politics
British Council faces collapse
Cultural body in crisis The British Council is in “real financial peril” and selling off assets to stay afloat, its chief executive Scott.
Business News
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World Affairs
Britain eyes new steel pact
London seeks US-EU alliance to counter Chinese oversupply and defend domestic industry The British government is exploring the creation of a three-way “steel.
Crime
Jobs
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UK targets illegal gig work
Crackdown on illegal working The government has pledged to end illegal working in the gig economy by forcing delivery and ride-hailing platforms to.
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Badenoch’s year of reckoning
Tory leader’s first anniversary exposes a party adrift, not just a politician under pressure By any political measure, Kemi Badenoch should have spent.
Bromsgrove
Finance
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‘Scrap stamp duty’ – MP
MPs have voted overwhelmingly against scrapping stamp duty – but Bradley Thomas, MP for Bromsgrove, is among those whose vigour to get rid.
Birmingham
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Birmingham Pub Bombings anger
Deadliest terror attack on mainland Britain last century The Birmingham Pub Bombings were the deadliest terrorist attack on mainland Britain in the 20th.
Justice
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Farage lays down ECHR marker
It was democracy in a nutshell: Emotive, important, messy and entertaining. Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and one of just five MPs.