HS2: High-speed line cost ‘could rise by £30bn’

Image copyright HS2 The chairman of the High Speed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30bn. HS2 chairman Allan Cook has written to the Department for Transport to say the high-speed line cannot be delivered within its £56bn budget, according to the Financial Times. The DfT said a review […]

Donald Trump: Boris Johnson ‘will do a great job as PM’

Media captionTrump: Johnson would do a ‘great job’ US President Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson would do “a great job” as UK prime minister and they would have “a very good relationship”. “He’s a different kind of a guy but they say I’m a different kind of a guy too,” Mr Trump told reporters. […]

Ministers pledge to end ‘poor doors’ in new build housing

Image copyright Getty Images Ministers have pledged to put an end to the use of so-called “poor doors” in housing developments in England. The separate entrances for social housing tenants living in new builds “stigmatise” and divide them from private residents, the government said. Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said he had been “appalled” by the […]