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• Labour warned tough laws against people smugglers in new bill could penalise asylum seekers – UK politics live

  30-01-2025 17:05
  
  Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposalsRichard Madeley goes next.Q: The Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says you are wrong, and the third runway won’t be built until you are 70. You are 45 now. Why is he wrong?We’re signing off decisions on wind farms, on solar farms, a commitment to a new stadium at Old Trafford. We are upgrading the Transpennine route to make journey times easier between York and Manchester via Leeds a
  
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• Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to infrastructure projects in south of England

  30-01-2025 15:21
  
  Labour figures struggling to explain benefits of major investment in the south of England to their constituentsMPs from the north of England have voiced fears of a “brain drain” to southern infrastructure projects after Rachel Reeves announced several major developments in the south.The chancellor announced on Wednesday in a speech about driving growth that she would give backing to the expansion of Heathrow and other London airports, as well as kickstarting the “golden triangl
  
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• Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot

  30-01-2025 09:00
  
  Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objectionsI can scarcely believe I’m writing this, but it’s hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might have seemed impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.The last prime minister to insist that growth should override every other consider
  
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• Fury over Reeves’ climate climbdown – Politics Weekly UK

  30-01-2025 06:00
  
  In her big plan to get the economy growing again the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has prioritised growth over almost everything else. But at what cost? John Harris speaks to the Labour MP Clive Lewis about concerns that climate action is taking a back seat. Plus, the columnist Gaby Hinsliff talks us through whether the party’s quest for growth will workSend your questions and feedback to [email protected] Continue reading...
  
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• Wrightbus launches two new electric buses

  30-01-2025 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Partnership with King Long sees small buses brought to UK and two new truck models revealed
  
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• Work on tunnel to ease M25 gridlock could begin in 2025 after 15 years in limbo

  30-01-2025 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - Work could begin on a new ?9bn road tunnel under the Thames between Kent and Essex as early as this year after Rachel Reeves gave her backing to the scheme in a bid to fire growth in the economy.
  
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• Will London's MPs have a change of heart over third runway?

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Some MPs who opposed a third Heathrow runway are now part of a government set to give the green light.
  
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• Will electric planes and sustainable fuel make Heathrow's third runway green?

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The government has backed the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the decision in a speech on measures aimed at improving economic growth, saying that the case for the expansion "is stronger than ever".
  
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• Will a third Heathrow runway actually create growth? Debate

  30-01-2025 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - We speak to Ecotricity founder and Labour donor, Dale Vince, who is against building a third runway at Heathrow, and the chairman of S4 Capital Martin Sorrell, who is in favour of it.
  
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• Will a third Heathrow runway actually create growth? | Debate

  30-01-2025 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - We speak to Ecotricity founder and Labour donor, Dale Vince, who is against building a third runway at Heathrow, and the chairman of S4 Capital Martin Sorrell, who is in favour of it.
  
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• What would Heathrow third runway mean for pollution, emissions and noise?

  30-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - As UK chancellor backs expansion at London?s biggest airport, we assess the possible environmental impacts
  
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• Wandsworth Council stands with residents against Heathrow third runway expansion

  30-01-2025 01:00 via wandsworth.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Wandsworth Council strongly opposes the Government?s recent announcement indicating they would support the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. This decision disregards the environmental, health, and quality-of-life impacts on communities already suffering from the negative effects of air traffic.
  
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• UK car production falls to lowest level since 1954

  30-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Number made fell to 780,000, the lowest for seven decades barring the pandemic, as carmakers battle weak demand and EV transitionBritish car production fell in 2024 to its lowest level in seven decades mp;#150; barring the coronavirus pandemic mp;#150; as the industry struggles with weak demand and prepares to shift away from fossil fuels to electric vehicles.The number of cars made in the UK fell to 780,000 during the year, the lowest since 1954, except for during the pandemic wh
  
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• Transport for Wales considers converting Class 231 fleet into bi-mode units

  30-01-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport for Wales is examining plans to convert its Class 231 DEMUs into bi-mode units.TfW Rail Ltd?s board was presented with a proposal for ?hybrid conversion work? for the 11 units. The operator has a Hybrid Variation Agreement with manufacturer Stadler to serve an activation notice if it wishes to convert the units.
  
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• Transport correspondent leaves BBC after 38 years

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport correspondent Paul Clifton is leaving the BBC after 38 years.
  A familiar face on South Today, he said his favourite memories over the decades are of "the people I worked with, and those we met".
  
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• Transport and growth update: airport expansion and transition to greener aviation written statement

  30-01-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Outlines the government's position on airport expansion and work being done on sustainable aviation fuels.
  
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• Third Heathrow runway will boost Scotch whisky and Scottish salmon industries, says Rachel Reeves

  30-01-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - The Labour Chancellor said the industries would have mp;amp;quot;increasing trade opportunitiesmp;amp;quot; from the expansion of the airport.
  
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• 'These are the reasons Rachel Reeves's ?9bn Lower Thames Crossing plan will fail'

  30-01-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - EXCLUSIVE: The area's Reform MP says he is still against this version of the plan, but others have responded positively to the Chancellor's announcement
  
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• The village divided by Heathrow Airport expansion

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - How much of Harmondsworth will survive a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport is unknown.
  
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• The Guardian view on Labour’s growth plan: a long list but a shallow argument Editorial

  30-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The chancellormp;#146;s measures might have some economic effect but her big speech lacked any sense of political purposeMinisterial speeches have two functions. They tell the audience what the government is doing and they explain why. Both elements were present when Rachelmp;amp;amp;nbsp;Reeves addressed an audience in Oxfordshire yesterdayon Wednesday, but there was a lot more policy than argument. The chancellor listed many actions to kickstart growth in the economy. There will
  
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• Stafford road and transport improvement scheme progresses on busy roundabout junction

  30-01-2025 01:00 via staffordshire.gov.uk
  Local Government - A major Stafford road and transport scheme is progressing at pace with lasting improvements now being made to a busy roundabout junction.
  
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• SNP Government?s ?minimal? progress on reducing car use blamed on ?lack of leadership?

  30-01-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - The report by Audit Scotland has been scathing of the Scottish Government?s lack of progress on reducing car use
  
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• SNP Government's 'minimal' progress on reducing car use blamed on 'lack of leadership'

  30-01-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - The report by Audit Scotland has been scathing of the Scottish Governmentmp;#39;s lack of progress on reducing car use
  
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• RHA welcomes green light over Lower Thames Crossing

  30-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - RHA has welcomed today?s news that the government is to approve the building of the Lower Thames Crossing.
  
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• Rescuers search Potomac river after plane collides with military helicopter near Washington DC – live

  30-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Passenger jet with 64 onboard collides midair with military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington national airportAmerican Airlines jet crashes after midair collisionCrash near Washington DC: what we know so farMultiple media including the New York Times, Reuters and CNN are saying the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. No senior army officials were onboard, they reported, citing US defence officials.Multiple sources are now saying that about 60 peopl
  
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• Reeves confirms government is seeking private finance for £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

  30-01-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK government is actively exploring private finance options for the mp;pound;9bn Thames Crossing road scheme.
  
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• Reeves confirms government is seeking private finance for ?9bn Lower Thames Crossing

  30-01-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK government is actively exploring private finance options for the mp;pound;9bn Thames Crossing road scheme.
  
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• Reeves backs third Heathrow runway in growth push

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The chancellor tells the BBC she wants a planning application mp;quot;signed offmp;quot; before the next election.
  
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• Reeves backs Heathrow expansion, Lower Thames Crossing and Oxford-Cambridge corridor

  30-01-2025 01:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  
  Construction News - Rachel Reeves has officially thrown the government?s weight behind a third runway for Heathrow airport. In a major speech this morning (29 January), she said that the lack of extra runway capacity at the UK?s biggest aviation hub was ?damaging?. She added that a third?
  
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• Reeves backs 'desperately needed' Thames tunnel

  30-01-2025 01:00 via highwaysmagazine.co.uk
  
  Highways Magazine - The Labour government has given its clearest indication yet that it is backing the ?9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).
  
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• Reeves backs £9bn Lower Thames Crossing as 'important project'

  30-01-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Chancellor said the Treasury is mp;#39;exploring optionsmp;#39; for the 14.3-mile road linking Kent and Essex to be privately financed.
  
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• Reeves backs 'desperately needed' Thames tunnel

  30-01-2025 01:00 via highwaysmagazine.co.uk
  
  Highways Magazine - The Labour government has given its clearest indication yet that it is backing the mp;pound;9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).
  
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• Reeves backs ?9bn Lower Thames Crossing as ?important project?

  30-01-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Chancellor said the Treasury is ?exploring options? for the 14.3-mile road linking Kent and Essex to be privately financed.
  
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• Rail staff 'relief' at boss stepping down amid 'failure'

  30-01-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - A nationalised rail bossmp;#39;s decision to step down has left staff with mp;quot;reliefmp;quot; amid concerns over mp;quot;leadership failuresmp;quot;, The Herald can reveal.
  
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• Private sector could finance crossing - chancellor

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government is exploring the option of privately financing the Lower Thames Crossing project.
  
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• Plans for new 'leisure marina' and 83 homes in town

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - More details of regeneration plans for Northwichmp;#39;s Weaver Shipyard are revealed.
  
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• Passenger jet and US Army helicopter collide over Washington

  30-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - More than 60 people were on the American Airlines flight from Kansas
  
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• Nine road offences to be punished with '30 minute e-course'

  30-01-2025 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Controversially they include dangerous cycling and failing to stop for a school crossing patrol
  
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• Money and public backlash are not the only issues Heathrow expansion plans face

  30-01-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Under the Climate Change Act successive governments have a legal responsibility to meet successive five-year carbon budgets.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing in limbo still

  30-01-2025 01:00 via transportactionnetwork.org.uk
  
  Transport Action Network - While Transport Action Network was disappointed to see the Chancellor supporting the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) today, it is far from a done deal. Private finance has not been secured and the planning application is yet to be approved.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing gets Labour support to be built through private investment

  30-01-2025 01:00 via essexlive.news
  
  Other News Sources - Chancellor Rachel Reeves' announcement comes three months after Labour put a pause on the ?9bn project to build a second crossing between Essex and Kent
  
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• Jim McMahon backs plans for trains joining the Bee Network

  30-01-2025 01:00 via theoldhamtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, has lauded the plans to bring commuter rail services into the Bee Network.
  
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• Huddersfield faces 'severe disruption' as bus drivers set to strike

  30-01-2025 01:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Unite union drivers plan to walk out amid an ongoing dispute
  
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• Heathrow third runway location ? map reveals new area airport will cover

  30-01-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A map of the proposed third runway at Heathrow reveals how expanding the west London airport will impact its surrounding areas.
  
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• Harland & Wolff’s new owner pledges £100mn to revive UK shipbuilder

  30-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Spainmp;#146;s Navantia says it will push for new orders, including from Royal Navy, to secure future of group
  
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• Government supports Lower Thames Crossing

  30-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Campaigners in Kent have given a mixed reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' signal of support for the ?9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
  
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• East West Rail: 'Sizable' new towns could be developed along train line

  30-01-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government had already received proposals for new towns along the planned railway line.
  
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• East Midlands Combined County Authority joins Urban Transport Group

  30-01-2025 01:00 via urbantransportgroup.org
  Urban Transport Group - The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) has today joined the Urban Transport Group (UTG) as a Principal Member, strengthening the network of transport authorities across the UK.
  
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• Decades of neglect have failed rail links in Wales and the south west of England

  30-01-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - A partnership between areas of south Wales and the west of England has identified opportunities to make rail a viable option for hundreds of thousands more people
  
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• Croydon Council and TfL to install 100 new bus shelters

  30-01-2025 01:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Croydon Council and Transport for London (TfL) are working together to replace the shelters removed in 2021.
  
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