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Sunday, 3 December, 2023

News in-depthNational Health Service
NHS paying private sector to carry out more medical operations
Steady shift towards outsourcing hip, knee and eye treatment expected to expand to other procedures despite concerns
Saturday, 2 December, 2023

Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Thames Water faces prospect of fresh parliamentary inquiry into finances
Concerns growing over financial health of UK’s biggest water company
Friday, 1 December, 2023

Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Thames Water owners pile group with debt
Shareholders structured a £500mn cash injection as a loan charging 8% interest
Sunday, 26 November, 2023

Healthcare costs
How the boom in private medical insurance is exposing its own flaws
Demand is soaring thanks to the NHS crisis, but providers are up against inflation and fierce competition for doctors
Sunday, 26 November, 2023

InterviewHS2
Sunak’s private funding plan for HS2 tunnel set to fail, warns adviser
Chair of National Infrastructure Commission says government will have to pay for tunnel under London
Wednesday, 22 November, 2023

Autumn Statement
Hunt’s planning proposals fall short, say industry executives
Housebuilders and energy experts call on government to go further in boosting homes, wind farms and grid capacity
Sunday, 19 November, 2023

Autumn Statement
Improved UK fiscal position gives Jeremy Hunt room for Autumn Statement giveaways
Spring Budget tax cuts could be hurried forward as chancellor seeks to appease Tory MPs fearful of 2024 election defeat
Wednesday, 15 November, 2023

HS2
Cost of HS2 rail link jumps by £3bn in a month
Price tag for high-speed London to Birmingham line is raised to £57bn just weeks after previous big increase
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023

UK infrastructure
UK infrastructure projects hit by homeworking, says government adviser
Comments will inflame running debate over impact of post-pandemic employee shift
Monday, 6 November, 2023

UK energy
Sunak to unveil North Sea annual oil and gas licensing bill
Legislation to be announced in King’s Speech will allow companies to bid yearly for new licences to drill for fossil fuels
Friday, 27 October, 2023

HS2
London mayor says Sunak plan for HS2 Euston leg ‘verging on fantasy’
Sadiq Khan rejects prime minister’s suggestion that private sector will pay for 4.5-mile stretch of high-speed rail project
Thursday, 26 October, 2023

Water Services Regulation Authority UK
UK regulator warns on financial health of four water suppliers
Annual Ofwat report flags Thames Water, Southern Water, South East Water and SES Water as high priority
Wednesday, 25 October, 2023

News in-depthUK outsourcing
‘Toxic’ relationships, shouting and lawsuits: the painful end to PFI
Public authorities and lenders are clashing over hospitals and schools as private finance initiative contracts draw to a close
Tuesday, 24 October, 2023

Healthcare costs
Bupa faces UK doctors’ rebellion over private healthcare fees
Anaesthetists resign from contracts with medical insurer as private sector picks up strain from NHS
Sunday, 22 October, 2023

UK infrastructure
UK infrastructure has deteriorated in last 10 years, manufacturers warn
Government should prioritise investment in roads and 5G, says survey by trade body Make UK
Wednesday, 18 October, 2023

UK energy
Hydrogen for UK home heating should be ruled out, says infrastructure adviser
Government commission recommends focus on installing and subsidising heat pumps instead
Thursday, 12 October, 2023

HS2
Cost of London-to-Birmingham leg of HS2 jumps by a fifth to £54bn
Increase comes after UK government axed rest of line to Manchester in bid to save £36bn
Friday, 6 October, 2023

UK infrastructure
‘Managed decline’: the uncertain future for British rail after cuts to HS2
Rishi Sunak promised major new investments as he slashed back HS2. But the UK rail industry is fearful of the future
Thursday, 5 October, 2023

Thames Water PLC
Thames Water says pollution fine limits needed to win over investors
England’s biggest water and sewage provider says shareholder support is conditional on regulatory changes
Thursday, 5 October, 2023

Rail
Starmer refuses to pledge undoing HS2 cuts
The Labour leader said on Thursday he cannot commit to reversing Rishi Sunak’s cut to the northern leg of HS2
Thursday, 5 October, 2023

News in-depthHS2
How Sunak decided to slash the UK’s troubled HS2 rail project
Prime minister’s fateful announcement to cull the northern leg of high-speed rail was months in the making
Wednesday, 4 October, 2023

HS2
The HS2 rail line: what has been cut and what will replace it?
The £36bn saved from cancelling the northern leg is meant to fund smaller transport schemes
Wednesday, 4 October, 2023

UK property
Euston set for major housing project under new HS2 plans
Rishi Sunak has announced changes to the redevelopment as he confirmed line would reach the station
Wednesday, 4 October, 2023

HS2
Northern leg of HS2 will be cancelled, Grant Shapps confirms
Rishi Sunak to announce decision on high speed rail line in his Conservative conference speech
Tuesday, 3 October, 2023

HS2
Sunak runs the gauntlet with plan to axe northern leg of HS2
PM set to announce the scaling back of the flagship UK infrastructure project in Tory conference speech