Gwyn Topham

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Eleni Courea |Gwyn Topham

Ministers have pledged to spend £9bn a year on fixing crumbling schools, hospitals, courts and prisons over the next decade as part of the government’s infrastructure strategy. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, set out plans on Thursday to spend a minimum of £725bn over 10 years to boost UK-wide infrastructure and achieve a “national renewal”.

1 week ago | inkl.com | Eleni Courea |Gwyn Topham

The strategy also includes £590m to start work on the Lower Thames Crossing project. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Ministers have pledged to spend £9bn a year on fixing crumbling schools, hospitals, courts and prisons over the next decade as part of the government’s infrastructure strategy. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, set out plans on Thursday to spend a minimum of £725bn over 10 years to boost UK-wide infrastructure and achieve a “national renewal”.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kiran Stacey |Gwyn Topham |Lauren Almeida

HS2 to be delayed by at least another two years, minister to announceHS2 is to be delayed yet again by at least a further two years, the government will announce on Wednesday, as the transport secretary says the Conservatives wasted billions on the project through mismanagement. Heidi Alexander will tell MPs there is “no reasonable way to deliver” the 2033 target for the high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Daniel Lavelle |Rebecca Ratcliffe |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi | +7 more

Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivor

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Daniel Lavelle |Rebecca Ratcliffe |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi | +7 more

Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivor