Category: Infrastructure

UK found to be ‘dangerously’ reliant on China for critical minerals needed for defence and AI

Delivering net zero also at risk, say MPs as they call for centralised policy and funding for mines and diversification The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable...

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Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises

Be Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile stateEvery Briton is being urged to stock up to nine litres of bottled water and three days’ worth of food in new...

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UK must prepare for infrastructure attacks by hostile states, says Streeting

Warning by defence secretary comes as he opens a tank gun barrel factory in the West MidlandsBusiness live – latest updatesThe defence secretary, Wes Streeting, has said Britain should prepare for the threat of “state-sponsored...

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Stratford International finally to have international trains in budget boost

Sadiq Khan says upgrade will unlock station’s true potential and allow it to live up to its nameBusiness live – latest updatesStratford International train station in east London will receive funding in next week’s budget,...

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New Bradford railway station will ‘transform travel across the north’

Transport hub will offer through trains between Leeds and Manchester with ‘turn-up-and-go’ serviceA new railway station will be built in Bradford to “transform how people travel across the north”, the government has...

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Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan

Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control when, at...

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Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

Airport chiefs say 2035 operations deadline unachievable as critics say new delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again up in the air after the prime minister refused to...

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Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation

The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 sharesNick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) from the planned float of Nscale as the UK-based datacentre company prepares...

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New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’

No 10 says 29 new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UKA new fleet of battery-powered trains will be built to “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”, Downing Street has announced.The 29...

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Making public transport fully accessible ‘could boost UK economy by £176bn’

Report says current network of buses, trains and stations effectively locks 2.8m people out of workforceInvesting in the UK transport network to make it fully accessible to disabled passengers could boost the economy by £176bn...

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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee saysBuilding Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the failures of HS2 with “no...

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