DfT chief claims Leeds leg of HS2 “never fully written off”
The Department for Transport's permanent secretary says the government is "utterly committed" to running the high-speed line to the northern…
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Economic growth won’t fix the cost-of-living crisis
The problem isn’t a lack of solutions – it’s a lack of imagination.
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Andy Street: “The private sector will drive the recovery”
The West Midlands’ metro mayor on the levelling-up agenda and where he disagrees with his Labour counterparts.
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We don’t hate London, we just want equality
Stop swallowing the rhetoric of conservative culture warriors.
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Michael Gove’s Levelling Up plan looks suspiciously familiar
The central plank of Johnsonism has been begged, borrowed and stolen from elsewhere.
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Bringing the brownfields back to life: will the plan to level up housing work?
Digging into the data shows derelict land alone is unlikely to solve the housing crisis.
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The care worker shortage requires urgent intervention, MPs told
Despite proposed social care reforms, carers are still in crisis.
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The great rail betrayal: Boris Johnson has abandoned the north
The government’s defence of its Integrated Rail Plan is like trying to persuade someone that cutting out the middle bit…
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