Category: Michael Heseltine

Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened

British PM says he will speak to Netanyahu to express solidarity and discuss how further escalation can be avoidedUK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election loomsDavid Cameron ruled out trying to become...

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​​Minister defends No 10 claim that HS2 decision had not yet been taken despite prerecorded announcement – as it happened

Video of Rishi Sunak announcing the axing of the HS2 Manchester leg was filmed in No 10 before he travelled to conferenceTell us: will you be affected by the scrapping of the HS2 leg to Manchester?A record number of hate crimes...

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HS2 may end up as ‘total waste of money’, warns IFS thinktank – as it happened

Comments from Paul Johnson of Institute of Fiscal Studies come as Downing Street hints at delay to work on second phase of rail linkAround 20,000 university workers are out on strike this week at more than 50 universities across...

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HS2 may end up as ‘total waste of money’, warns IFS thinktank – UK politics live

Comments from Paul Johnson of Institute of Fiscal Studies come as Downing Street hints at delay to work on second phase of rail linkAround 20,000 university workers are out on strike this week at more than 50 universities across...

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No 10 says there is precedent for delaying parts of HS2 due to ‘affordability’ – UK politics live

Downing Street hint at delay to the start of work on the second phase of the HS2 Manchester linkAround 20,000 university workers are out on strike this week at more than 50 universities across the UK, despite a dramatic...

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Sunak ‘committed to levelling up’ as he refuses to say HS2 Manchester link still going ahead – UK politics live

Osborne and Heseltine say scrapping HS2 Manchester link would flag UK’s decline to worldAround 20,000 university workers are out on strike this week at more than 50 universities across the UK, despite a dramatic...

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UK coronavirus live: Williamson leads Downing Street briefing as Starmer says more could be back in English schools

Labour leader criticises lack of leadership; Scotland’s distancing rule to be relaxed for some sectors; lockdown-easing paused in some Scottish townsEnglish schools to open full-time in SeptemberLeicester ‘shows test...

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UK coronavirus live: government publishes plan for all schools in England to open full time in September

Education secretary to publish guidance for primary and secondary schools on how to deal with Covid-19 outbreaks Oxford offers best hope of vaccine this year, MPs toldLeicester outbreak driven by under-19s and workersCoronavirus...

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