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‘We’re not involved at all’ – northern leaders react to HS2 announcement
Joining Cathy in Leeds, the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and the Chief Exec of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.
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HS2: what’s been shelved, what’s being kept and how much will it cost?
Let’s have a look at the ditched HS2 plans. What’s being shelved, what will remain and how much has it cost?
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HS2: Will property owners be compensated for years of disruption?
Now the second leg has been cancelled many will be asking whether they’ll be compensated for the years of disruption and uncertainty.
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HS2 leg cancellation is money ‘better spent’ for the north and midlands, says rail minister
Krishnan spoke to the rail minister, Huw Merriman. He put it to him that, given the government used to say it would deliver on HS2, these new transport pledges might face a credibility problem
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Sunak scraps HS2 leg – saying he knows what ‘north really needs’
The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics.
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‘The status quo doesn’t work’ – Wes Streeting MP on child poverty, coming out and reforming the NHS
Wes Streeting MP joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about his journey from a Stepney council estate to the Labour frontbench in Westminster, his optimism that poverty is a trap we can escape and his vision for an NHS ‘fit for the future’ on the eve of the 2024 UK general election, on this week’s Ways to Change the World podcast.
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FactCheck: supreme court ruling on prorogation explained
So what does it mean? And what happens next? We’ve lined up some political and constitutional experts to help us explain.
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Government admits time is running out for Brexit
With time running out, Parliament’s half term break has been cancelled. Meanwhile, Labour MPs who say they will back Theresa May’s deal have been branded “cowards and facilitators” by another MP from their own party.
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John McDonnell’s misleading stat about Heathrow ‘forced removals’
Labour’s shadow chancellor says “4,000 homes will go” to make way for Heathrow expansion.
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FactCheck: What happened to Brexit in Parliament yesterday?
Mrs May was forced into some embarrassing climb-downs that could come back to haunt her.
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FactCheck: the new education secretary is wrong about schools funding
Damian Hinds made three claims about schools funding in parliament on Monday. Two of them are wrong, according to independent experts.
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Government defeated over NHS pay
The government suffered a defeat on NHS pay in the House of Commons this afternoon, a defeat that seems to have significantly changed Parliamentary convention. It came amid a row over claims that the Prime Minister made about police pay during Prime Minister’s Questions.
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Brexit talks delayed a week
The next round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels has been pushed back by a week “to allow more time for consultation”. The talks now won’t start until the last week of September, after a major speech on Brexit that Theresa May is expected to make next week.
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MP Sir David Amess: Grenfell fire safety tests must be transparent
Conservative MP Sir David Amess says he will be raising the potential conflict of interest revealed by Channel 4 News with appropriate ministers “as a matter of urgency”. The joint Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue said without transparency, there’s a danger the public will lose confidence in the whole thing. Channel…
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Police pay respects to PC Keith Palmer
The biggest ever gathering of British police officers joined mourners at the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death inside the gates of Parliament last month.