Niesr says current limits on government borrowing fail to stimulate growth and hinder net zero ambitionsThe next government will be forced to hit voters with post-election tax rises and delay net zero investment unless it is...
Read MoreAndy Haldane, government’s top levelling-up adviser, calls for urgent rethink to prevent deeper cuts across EnglandThe government’s top levelling-up adviser has warned ministers that failure to tackle the funding...
Read MoreShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business summit of measures to boost investment, productivity and certaintyLabour will not raise corporation tax above its current rate of 25% during the next parliament, the party has...
Read MoreExclusive: British Chambers of Commerce head urges parties not to backtrack on eco pledges in run-up to general electionBritain’s next government should make the transition to a green economy its No 1 priority to reboot...
Read MoreEconomists say funding energy infrastructure, transport, tech and the environment will aid prosperityThe UK should invest £26bn a year in a low-carbon economy to revive prosperity instead of planning tax giveaways that...
Read MoreExclusive: Developers still unwilling to put forward schemes despite change to planning rules in SeptemberNo new plans for onshore wind have been accepted in England since the government claimed it had “lifted” the...
Read MoreMPs’ committee has ‘no confidence’ in delivery target for new hospitals and levelling up funds also criticisedBoris Johnson’s flagship hospital building programme and three levelling up funds are mired in...
Read MoreThinktank says stronger than expected tax revenues have given chancellor scope for bold package in autumn statement Jeremy Hunt risks condemning Britain to a decade in the doldrums unless he uses this month’s autumn...
Read MoreLetter from Labour leader stresses his concern for international law and sympathy with the plight of the Palestinian peopleRishi Sunak will be taking PMQs shortly. It will be his first exchange with Keir Starmer since the party...
Read MoreForeign secretary says rush to judgment only fuels regional instability and ‘upsets community cohesion here in UK’Rishi Sunak will be taking PMQs shortly. It will be his first exchange with Keir Starmer since the...
Read MoreNational Infrastructure Commission says public transport, home heating and water networks all in need of renewalThe £30bn question: will Tories embrace NIC report or stick with rhetoric?The UK’s infrastructure needs...
Read MoreSome schemes listed as being in line for funds from scrapped northern leg of HS2 were swiftly deleted while others are already completeA list of transport projects to be funded using HS2 money, which included schemes that had...
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