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    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      High Speed Two Ltd
      HS2 faces further delays and cuts as UK government seeks to rein in cost of high-speed line

      Ministers exploring options for country’s biggest infrastructure project

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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      BT Group Plc
      BT chief warns Openreach fibre push will ‘end in tears’ for rivals

      Telecoms group’s competitors race to lay fibre networks across UK before incumbent

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      Hunt insists HS2 rail line will terminate in central London

      Chancellor rejects reports that project will finish on outskirts of capital to save money

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK Infrastructure Bank
      UK infrastructure bank criticised for misdirecting project funding

      MPs accuse lender of lacking ‘strategic vision’ of where to target investment

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
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      Italy’s Meloni seeks to resurrect ‘mythical’ Sicily bridge project

      Contentious Messina span seen as investment catalyst but confronts local resistance

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Graham Mather
      Plan to sort out Britain’s railways is stuck in the sidings

      The government seems to have lost interest in the idea of a new body to oversee the network

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Pakistan
      Pakistan taps Chinese credit for railway upgrade despite debt crisis

      Islamabad says $10bn revamp of colonial-era line is essential even as it faces risk of default and forex reserves plunge

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
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      India ramps up lending to counter China

      EU member states have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, N…

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      BT Openreach
      BT’s Openreach reveals plan to cut broadband rates for providers

      Move sparks backlash from alternative fibre networks

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
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      Investors size up opportunities in post-conflict Ukraine

      Private sector will play a role in rebuilding the country but rule of law remains a concern

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
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      Train strike chaos is a true nightmare before Christmas

      We live in an age of extraordinary human endeavours, but it seems impossible to run eight carriages along a fixed line

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
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      Thames Water warns of threat from inflation and leaks

      Energy and labour costs soar as summer heatwave caused more burst pipes

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
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      India’s plan to take on China as south Asia’s favourite lender

      With the private sector’s help, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouring countries

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UK Broadband
      UK to deploy Musk’s Starlink in first test of satellite for rural connectivity

      Government aims to provide ultrafast internet to all homes across country

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      BT Openreach
      Openreach cutbacks hit expansion of UK ultrafast fibre network

      BT division suspends work on future projects as it seeks savings amid high inflation

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Northern England hit hardest by decline in UK rail services

      Driver shortages, industrial unrest and infrastructure problems leave travellers stuck

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      UK infrastructure
      Sunak reverses Truss’s promise to build northern rail scheme in full

      East-west high-speed line pared again but HS2 chief confident north-south project will not be cut back

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
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      BT’s Openreach looking at lowering cost of wholesale broadband

      Network which sells to multiple internet service providers faces increasing competition

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
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      North of England mayors urge ministers to fix intercity rail service

      Passenger complaints against Transpennine Express double in last quarter triggering calls for urgent intervention

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
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      China-based AIIB ramps up global development lending

      Head of Beijing’s alternative to World Bank says it will maintain suspension of operations in Russia

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
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      UK urged to lay out ‘clear plan’ on new infrastructure projects

      Australian pension fund manager IFM says instability and lack of clarity are delaying investment

    • Saturday, 15 October, 2022
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      First phase of HS2 set to bust budget by ‘many billions’ of pounds

      Treasury seeks more savings on high-speed rail project less than a year after eastern leg to Leeds was scrapped

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
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      The west must return Africa’s stolen assets, as well as its artefacts

      Waiting for unspecified ‘progress’ to be achieved before releasing funds looted by corrupt former leaders is unconscionable

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      UK infrastructure
      Truss vows to reverse big cuts to key rail scheme in northern England

      UK prime minister said Northern Powerhouse Rail would be built in full between Liverpool and Hull via Bradford

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
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      Indonesia on the hunt for investors to back its new capital

      Jakarta is sinking but experts warn government cannot afford Joko Widodo’s ambitious legacy project

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