Infrastructure
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SNP calls for changes to Westminster’s fiscal rules to boost infrastructure investment
Party’s manifesto also calls for devolution of housing benefit to boost social housing delivery
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Industry reacts to Conservative Party’s ‘unbalanced’ and ‘frustrating’ manifesto
Modest welcome for Help to Buy relaunch but Tories fail to impress with lack of planning reform
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Sunak 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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Mitigating local planning concerns meant HS2 was always going to be expensive, says scheme’s former COO
Unfair to compare railway’s cost to those in Europe because of amount of tunnels and cuttings that have needed digging, Richard Robinson adds
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Kier cuts net debt by a further £100m
Order book increases 6% as part of ‘disciplined growth’ says contracting giant
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Railway station footbridge ‘overdue by a decade and £8.25m over budget’
Upgrade in Berkshire due to open this spring reflects ‘stifling bureaucracy and red tape’ that affects UK infrastructure planning and construction, according to local MPÂ
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Autumn statement 2023: coverage all in one place
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place
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Shadow chancellor pledges to speed up ‘critically important infrastructure’
Shadow chancellor set to announce measures to fast track planning for life sciences, battery factories and 5G infrastructure
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HS2 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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Autumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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Infrastructure heavyweights Mark Wild and Kay Hughes join ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV the Future Commission
HS2’s design director and former Crossrail boss among latest to join ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s 12-month project
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Crossrail’s Bond Street station to open next month
Central London station plagued by series of delaysÂ
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Crossrail’s 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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HS2 starts installing UK’s longest rail bridge
The 700-tonne bridge-building machine will install 1,000 unique bridge segments across two miles
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Full-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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Balfour Beatty and Atkins JV gets go-ahead for £250m highways project
Transport secretary approves M25 scheme after delay to consider environmental impacts
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Gove confirms plans for ‘street votes’ and local design codes in Queen’s speech
Housing secretary trails policies aimed at ‘gentle densification’ ahead of expected levelling up bill announcement tomorrow
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Crossrail set to open later this month
Central section services should start running on 24 May, project team confirmsÂ
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Crossrail: How the delay has unfolded
How much is Crossrail going to cost? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV reveals what we know about the rail project’s delayÂ