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Ministers set out plans to spend £725bn on UK infrastructure over 10 years

Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, set out plans on Thursday to spend a minimum of £725bn over 10 years to boost UK-wide infrastructure and achieve a 'national renewal'.

Mayor and Minister visit Coventry as part of Better Transport Week

Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands and Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, have been in Coventry to view the city's Very Light Rail project - an innovative project to create a highly affordable, accessible and sustainable rail-based travel system.

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  • Ministers set out plans to spend £725bn on UK infrastructure over 10 yearsDarren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, set out plans on Thursday to spend a minimum of £725bn over 10 years to boost UK-wide infrastructure and achieve a 'national renewal'.
  • How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it's time to listen to Nigel Farage | Simon JenkinsLabour now says the botched high-speed rail project will be further delayed. Why not just scrap it, as the Reform leader suggests?Stop it now. Stop spending sums that you admit are out of control. Show common sense and send everyone home. HS2 is a bad joke, a fiasco.Labour’s second transport secretary in a year, Heidi Alexander, claimed on Wednesday to be shocked by HS2. She was clearly new to the subject. After being briefed on the latest delays and cost overruns by the latest CEO, Mark Wild, she said that the project was “an appalling mess … a litany of failure
  • Airline staff being trained to bar people without visas from flights to UKExclusive: Foreign secretary says training for 9,000 workers at European carriers is step towards more secure bordersThousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls.David Lammy said the measures marked a step towards “more secure, more digital and more effective” borders, but the move could raise questions about human rights safeguards.

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  • BYD Unveils New Electric Intercity eBus B13.b at UITP SummitBYD has introduced its latest electric intercity bus, the BYD eBus B13.b, at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Hamburg. This marks its European debut and expands BYD's offering in the interurban segment of zero-emission transport.

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  • Probe launched into roads and rail marketThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a 10-month market study into the civil engineering sector's role in designing and delivering railway and public road infrastructure.
  • £600m airport works framework launchedManchester Airports Group (MAG) has launched a £600m procurement exercise to establish a new framework for delivering a wide range of construction projects across its three UK airports.

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  • Decade long Infrastructure Strategy to deliver stability, investment and national renewalThe Government has published its 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, which sets out a long-term plan for how it will invest in infrastructure and ensure that funding is spent effectively and efficiently. It says it marks a new approach to how projects are planned and delivered and includes £1 billion to carry out maintenance on key transport infrastructure, including crumbling bridges, flyovers and crossing.

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  • United South Eastern Railway is first step towards GBR The managements of operator Southeastern and the Kent Route of Network Rail are being combined, and the Department for Transport says it is a ‘significant milestone’ towards Great British Railways, creating ‘clear accountability’ for performance. The new organisation will be known as South Eastern Railway, and is being led by managing director Steve White.

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  • New cycling route opens on Manchester Airport perimeter pathCyclists gathered to mark the opening of a new access point on the Airport Orbital Cycleway near Manchester Airport, located on Old Altrincham Road, which now connects directly to a wider, flatter perimeter path around the airport.
  • New approach needed to Rail Investment Pipeline after Conservative cuts TSSA has told the Transport Select Committee of MPs that the 'rail network enhancements pipeline has had its day' because it had been used by previous Conservative governments to conceal how they were actually cutting enhancement work.
  • CBI responds to 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy announcement"Today's 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy sets out a blueprint for the future of the UK's economic prosperity and global competitiveness. For too long, infrastructure has lacked the certainty, consistency and long-term vision needed to drive investment and growth. The UK has lagged at the bottom of the G7 for investment into infrastructure, and businesses have long struggled with problems related to poor infrastructure performance. This strategy provides a framework to unlock investment and drive growth across the country.
  • Industry welcomes government's 10-year infrastructure strategyPlan sets out how £725bn will be spent on infrastructure over next decade

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