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Extra cash for Wales’ railways ‘top priority’ for Welsh Secretary after HS2 row
Jo Stevens said rail investment was at the top of her ‘shopping list’ as ministers bid for funding from the Treasury.
Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to clamp down on touts
The measures would aim to prevent organised touts reselling a large number of tickets at vastly inflated prices, the Government said.
Government 1.5 million housebuilding target would only ‘dent’ need, says Rayner
The Government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes by the end of this Parliament.
Starmer: 2025 a chance to rediscover the great nation that we are
The Prime Minister has delivered his first new year’s message since entering Downing Street.
‘Cloudy’ economic outlook looms over Labour as 2024 draws to a close
Since winning the UK’s general election in July, Labour has faced sharp swings in the economic outlook and a shifting public mood.
PM says he would not change a thing despite bruising first five months in power
Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged his Government had done ‘tough stuff’ since coming to office in July.
Badenoch wants to replicate US-style government cost-cutting, spokesman suggests
The Tory leader’s spokesman said she was an ‘enormous fan of Elon Musk’ and that she wanted to see government cost-cutting similar to what he plans.
Courts to sit for 2,000 more days to help tackle backlog, Justice Secretary says
The extra 2,000 takes the total to 108,500 sitting days this year for courts in England and Wales.
Police chiefs claim cuts ‘inevitable’ in face of £1.3 billion funding gap
Ringfencing money for neighbourhood policing leaves chiefs unable to invest in other specialist services, the National Police Chiefs Council said.
Police should seize nuisance off-road bikes from homes, says MP
The Bill will be listed for debate on March 7 next year.