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  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    UK politics
    Rishi Sunak under fire over plan to slash HS2 rail line

    PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg

    Rishi Sunak listens to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s speech at the party conference
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    High-speed trains and the crashing of Britain’s credibility

    Dropping a chunk of HS2 would undermine the country as a place to do business

    An artist’s impression of an HS2 train. HS2 is not just a solution on passenger capacity but has become vital to Britain’s net zero goals
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    HS2
    Sunak faces backlash over potential axing of HS2 northern leg

    Tory and Labour politicians, and business groups, criticise reports that flagship rail project will be cut back

    People walk past HS2 hoardings in
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    News in-depthUK local government finance
    ‘Dormant volcano’ returns to active duty to rescue Birmingham council

    Veteran fixer Max Caller lured out of retirement to bring UK’s largest local authority back from the brink

    Max Caller
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK politics
    UK public support for ‘big government’ hits record high

    Voters want state to be responsible for controlling prices and reducing inequality

    People on a bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background
  • 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
    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
    Martin Wolf
    British politicians owe voters some candour on tax

    The UK faces multiple challenges, while the public finances are far from robust

    A person fills out their tax return online
  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    UK north-south divide
    Lagging school spending for north of England poses risk to economy, study warns

    MPs and experts say educational attainment in region has been hit by insufficient financial support after Covid

    Uniformed children walking to school
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK airports
    UK government ignored advice to identify buildings with lightweight concrete

    Raac found in Heathrow and Gatwick airports as university building forced to close

    Gatwick airport
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK ministers explore cutting working-age benefits in real terms

    Senior Conservatives say move would create space for tax cuts ahead of election

    Shoppers carrying milk and groceries
  • 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
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s crumbling public buildings

    Risks of lightweight concrete in schools are symptomatic of a wider problem

    A worker carries out repairs to a school in Leicester. The National Audit Office warned in June that 700,000 pupils were at schools needing major rebuilding or refurbishment
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Not all English councils will survive government’s long funding squeeze

    Once hailed as an exemplary authority, Birmingham’s history of poor governance has left it facing big bills

    Statue of Queen Victoria with the Council House behind it in Birmingham, England
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    UK immigration
    UK Home Office risks losing key source of funding for asylum seekers, says watchdog

    ICAI says new legislation could prevent department from using overseas aid money to support refugees in Britain

    A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat traveling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    UK schools
    UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades, data shows

    Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending

    A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester
  • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
    Apprenticeship levy
    English councils seek devolution of apprenticeships as uptake sinks

    CCN calls for restoration of adult education budget to 2010 levels and says levy has failed

  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    One in 11 workers in England will be employed in NHS by 2036, IFS calculates

    Long-term workforce plan acknowledges virtual inevitability of big increases in health spending, study finds

    Staff on NHS ward
  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    UK ministers miss small business procurement spending target

    Record £21bn outlay on goods and services but 33% ambition from 2015 still not reached

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    UK quantitative easing
    UK government faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses

    Estimated cost to taxpayers has increased sharply as interest rates have risen

    Montage featuring exterior of the Bank of England
  • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
    The Royal Family
    British royal household faces cut in share of government funding

    Sovereign grant level to be lowered to 12% of Crown Estate’s profits after wind farm boon

    From left: Prince George, Prince Louis, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte and King Charles III on the balcony of Buckingham Palace last month
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Robert Shrimsley
    There is no low-tax option at the next UK election

    Both major parties have yet to be totally honest with the electorate

    A man in a suit and bowler hat rides a hot air balloon with word tax written across it
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Science
    Sunak to push back decision on UK rejoining Horizon until after summer

    Scientists’ hopes for end to delay on access to EU research programme look to be dashed

    Glass vials in a laboratory
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    News in-depthUK local government finance
    Financial ‘jaws of doom’ threaten English councils as cost pressures mount

    Local government is facing one of its toughest years as demand for essential services rises and inflation eats up funding

    Empty shops in Burslem Town Center
  • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
    UK politics
    Tory pledge to build 40 new hospitals will fail, says report

    Spending watchdog warns of multiple problems with construction programme

    Construction site sign at an NHS hospital
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