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Burnham says northern leg could be delayed if government commits to east-west route
Andy Burnham hails shift from Thatcher’s deregulated model back to local public control
Price tag set to rise to a figure closer to £91bn, according to calculations by the Financial Times
Lack of affordable housing collides with growing demand and tighter margins faced by landlords
Ministers also consider option of cancelling final stretch of high-speed line into central London to cut spiralling costs
Michael Gove set to announce technical consultation period after local authority declared itself in effect bankrupt
UK opposition party’s caution comes after Tory government refuses to commit to northern section of project
Downing Street, Treasury and transport department refuse to commit to building high-speed line to Manchester
IfG warns flagship policy to bridge regional divides is not a priority for the government
Regional inequality, London’s housing market and stagnant wages cited as concerns
MPs and experts say educational attainment in region has been hit by insufficient financial support after Covid
Barrow-in-Furness hopes the UK defence company’s bulging order book will serve to regenerate the area
CCN calls for restoration of adult education budget to 2010 levels and says levy has failed
Battered by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, UK schools like Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham are at the front line of a profound national crisis
Local leaders welcome proposals to ‘level up’ the country but say more ambition is needed
Return to pre-pandemic marking causes A and A* grades to fall to 27.2% of total, down 9 percentage points
Liverpool and South Yorkshire become testbeds for flagship strategy to level up economy
Rishi Sunak is braced for the Conservatives to lose in Selby and Ainsty
Regional inequality in the UK ‘without parallel in developed world’, think-tank finds
Ministers told to get a grip on oversight after MPs finds huge backlog of unaudited accounts
Ministers’ decision to push back section of high-speed rail link will drive up costs, according to government estimates
Replacement to EU funding schemes stalls after Whitehall fails to sign off on investment plans in time
Police working with counter-terrorism officers to investigate attacks on Tuesday morning
Mayor accused of risking ‘the public purse and the reputation of Teesside’
Warning from RMT leader Mick Lynch comes as strikes affect high-profile sporting weekend
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