8 d. ago 3 ‘Outstanding’ London Buildings That Can Now Get Protected Status From the Government

3 ‘Outstanding’ London Buildings That Can Now Get Protected Status From the Government  Time Out Worldwide

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1 week ago Health and safety rules holding UK infrastructure back, says writer of government report

Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnationOverbearing health and safety rules are stopping Britain building new infrastructure, according to the economist whom Keir Starmer has cited as an inspiration for his growth strategy.John Fingleton, who recently wrote a report for government on how to encourage developers to build new nuclear power plants, told the Guardian regulators needed to change their attitude to risk if the country was to end its long economic stagnation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago This UK airport could be first to offer fast track to America with ‘preclearance’

Exclusive: Airport boss Gordon Dewar says if Scottish and US governments can agree, ‘we’ll start building the next day’

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2 w. ago Outrage as Biden's trans health secretary's name is quietly changed on portrait hanging in government building

Rachel Levine's portrait was hung in a hallway of the Humphrey Building - but during the government shutdown, passersby noticed that Trump officials changed her name to the one she was given at birth.

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3 w. ago Tip of an iceberg: Hong Kong's deadly blaze raises anger over corruption and safety lapses

As Hong Kong mourns after a high-rise fire killed at least 151 people, anger is mounting over building safety lapses and government oversight

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3 w. ago Annual house price growth slowed in November – Nationwide Building Society

The increase in taxes on income from properties may dampen the supply of new rental properties coming onto the market, the society said.

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3 w. ago There are those on the left and right who offer only grievance: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewal | Keir Starmer

Judge last week’s budget in the light of our bold plans to sweep away red tape, tackle inactivity among young people and pursue a closer trading relationship with the EUKeir Starmer is the prime minister of the United KingdomReport: Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Starmer saysAt the budget last week, we made the right choices for Britain, cutting the cost of energy with £150 off bills, protecting the NHS and tackling the scourge of child poverty by removing the two-child limit. We also ensured that the revenue we raised through taxes was done fairly, with everyone contributing but those with the broadest shoulders contributing their fair share. As a result of the choices we made, the budget created a more stable economic environment, driving down inflation and government bond yields. This is vital for protecting our public services, when £1 in every £10 spent by government goes on debt interest.The budget builds on the action we have already taken to improve the e...

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3 w. ago Georgian opposition leader arrested over attempted arson of government building

Aleksandre Elisashvili was arrested on Saturday morning after being accused of trying to set a government building alight

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3 w. ago Abandoned airport meant to be world's biggest with terminal left to rot

The Canadian government cleared around 324 square kilometres of farmland to build Mirabel International Airport, and planners were expecting as many as 60 million passengers a year

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4 w. ago M25 chaos as government backs moving London ring road to build Heathrow third runway

M25 chaos as government backs moving London ring road to build Heathrow third runway  London Evening Standard

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4 w. ago M25 chaos for years as government backs £33bn plan to move London ring road to build Heathrow third runway

The Transport Secretary admitted that Heathrow’s scheme ‘requires major works to the M25’

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4 w. ago How Lord Dannatt used his peerage to open doors for business interests

Former head of British army is suspended from the House of Lords after being filmed breaking rulesTwo peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rulesThe flowers and hamper that arrived at the Tower of London had been sent by a small energy company based in Sierra Leone. They were a gift to Richard Dannatt, the former head of the British army, who a few months earlier had introduced the company’s executives to the minister for Africa. It was a move they hoped would smooth the way for the fledgling company’s grand plans to build a £500m hydroelectric dam.With support from the UK government, the company had a better chance of getting the dam built. The dam, they said, would bring much-needed cheap electricity to many people in Sierra Leone. But it could also bring profits to the company, and Dannatt was not only to receive flowers and upmarket produce, he was also given shares. Continue reading...

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last month UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns

Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy

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