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The chancellor’s apparent volte-face in backing a third runway has left many in her party disillusioned and led them to label it as an act of desperation

Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground

Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development

Letters: Readers respond to the chancellor’s intentions, voicing their concerns about the climate and driving ‘growth’

Developers need not “worry about bats and newts” before they start building, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said in a speech that outlined her plans to reform the UK’s planning process. Reeves’ comments suggest construction firms and housebuilders will be allowed to destroy habitat if they pay into “a nature fund”…

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

Days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as UK strength, firm decides against site expansion

Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. We’re ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with Europe, says Scotland’s first minister John Swinney