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Exclusive: half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costsCouncils are being forced to freeze levelling up projects or find millions from their own squeezed budgets to complete works because of so…
Coroner finds in-person GP appointment during pandemic could have saved life of David Nash, 26The parents of a student who died after being wrongly diagnosed in a series of remote GP appointments during the pandemic have said they do not think his deat…
Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss outTory seats have been awarded significantly more money per person from the government’s £4bn levelling up fund than areas with similar levels …
Cancellations far higher than official data suggests, says ORR, driven by use of unrecorded ‘pre-cancellations’The rail regulator has ordered train companies to stop abusing a loophole which means that any train they cancel the night before does not co…
Media appearances follow Labour analysis that London will receive more than Yorkshire and north-eastThe levelling up secretary has denied that the south-east is getting an unfair proportion of money aimed at tackling inequality in the UK.On a media rou…
Huw Merriman insists the need for reform to working practices made the standoff necessaryRail strikes have cost the UK economy more than £1bn and it would have cost less to settle the dispute with unions over pay and conditions months ago, a government…
Year-long revamp intended to inspire next generation of ‘creatives, inventors and scientists’ and tie in with city’s 2025 stint as capital of cultureThe National Science and Media museum is to close for a year for a “radical, once-in-a-generation” reva…
Women’s group in Barrow was one of two charities to receive money raised for Eleanor WilliamsA second charity has decided to “politely decline” £10,000 originally raised for Eleanor Williams, who was convicted this week of perverting the course of jus…
Organisers plough on with plans after Brexit meant Leeds missed chance to be European capital of cultureWhen Leeds was denied its chance to become European capital of culture in 2023 due to Brexit, it should have been the killing blow to what it had be…
Three people became stranded on steep scree slope while following route set by AllTrails app on Barf fellOne of the world’s most popular hiking apps has changed one of its routes after three walkers had to be rescued while following its directions in t…