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Embattled transport secretary’s Budget victory prevented bus fare rises of up to 650%

Details have emerged over how transport secretary Louise Haigh’s intervention ensured a new cap in bus fares would feature in the Budget

The Independent UK

Dartford Tunnel closures spark fresh demands for new Lower Thames Crossing to get green light

One tunnel was shut all day on Monday after a spillage, leaving drivers stuck in hours-long queues of traffic

Evening Standard

Passenger dies and 15 people are injured after two trains collide

Network Rail and Transport for Wales said in a joint statement it was a ‘low-speed collision’.

Evening Standard

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Yes, review HS2’s ‘dire’ delivery – but contract renegotiation matters more

To unpick this debacle, the transport secretary will have to cajole companies to go against their shareholders’ interests

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on investing in public transport: it’s time, finally, to look north

Editorial: London’s award-winning Elizabeth line is an example of what can be achieved. Labour needs to deliver the same ambition elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to oversee ‘dire’ HS2 as true cost remains uncertain

Transport secretary says analysis of high-speed rail project unable to clarify if overrun is £10bn or £20bn

The Guardian - UK

First Sue Gray, now Angela Rayner – is Keir Starmer a nightmare to work for?

IT hasn’t been a good month – nay, a good first 100 days – for Keir Starmer ...

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$How make-or-break Budget has fractured Keir Starmer’s cabinet$

How make-or-break Budget has fractured Keir Starmer’s cabinet

ANALYSIS: With the prime minister’s poll ratings at rock bottom, Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with cabinet unity ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget, writes Political Correspondent Archie Mitchell

The Independent UK

Stansted airport expansion: What you need to know as ministers hail £1.1 billion investment

The plans feature more seating areas and new shops, bars and restaurants

The Independent UK

Elton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors

‘You are pivotal to this great cause of our times,’ Keir Starmer tells global bosses in London as he targets wealth creation

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves boosts big business as she caps corporation tax at 25% and woos investment in Britain

Fourth big tax freeze as chancellor makes bold offer to attract top global firms to UK

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour wooing private investors: don’t trade social protections for growth

Editorial: If Labour is committed to championing ‘working people’, the British state must mediate between workers and capital, rejecting corporate dominance

The Guardian - UK

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing billions of pounds in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences and infrastructure at a business summit

The Independent UK

DP World £1billion expansion of London Gateway port gets go-ahead creating 400 new jobs, say company chiefs

Two new shipping berths and a second rail terminal will be built at the site

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Starmer vows bonfire of red tape to get Britain building ahead of investment summit

Sir Keir Starmer is pledging to ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’ and ensure regulators prioritise economic growth in their decision-making

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer vows to rip up investment red-tape as PM woos business leaders at London summit

The Prime Minister makes his ‘pitch for Britain’ as he seeks to fire up the UK’s economic growth

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer will promise to slash red tape as he hosts investment summit

Unions express concern as PM to say government will ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries not rogue, says business secretary after cabinet rift

Jonathan Reynolds continues damage limitation effort after colleague Louise Haigh called firm a ‘rogue operator’

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The Independent UK

Business secretary slaps down Louise Haigh over P&O Ferries ‘rogue operator’ row

Jonathan Reynolds said Louise Haigh was not speaking for the government when she dubbed P&O Ferries a ‘rogue operator’ and called for the firm to be boycotted

Evening Standard

Government had to ‘have a conversation’ with DP World to salvage £1 billion investment

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was asked how close the Government came to losing DP World’s planned £1 billion investment.

The Guardian - UK

It’s been 100 first days of woe but Keir Starmer should take heart, Tony Blair’s weren’t a picnic either

Avoidable mistakes and now a brutal reshuffle have pushed Labour’s approval ratings off a cliff. Thankfully, it’s all fixable

The Guardian - UK

Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summit

Evening Standard

P&O owner to attend investment summit after Starmer disowns minister’s ‘boycott’ comments

The firm will now attend Monday's gathering of 300 business leaders

The Independent UK

Union boss warns Starmer’s attacks on Haigh ‘unacceptable’ in P&O investment row

Exclusive: Allies of transport secretary Louise Haigh are rallying to her support after Keir Starmer appeared to criticise her following the decision of P&O Ferry’s owner to cancel plans for £1bn investment in the UK

The Guardian - UK

The Starmer story so far: what has Labour done in its first 100 days?

A roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights bill

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