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Thursday, 27 March 2025

BBC News

• Mayor hopes to 'squeeze out' extra rail capacityExtra rail capacity will be "squeezed out" following concerns about the number of football fans who can travel to and from Everton's new stadium by train, the mayor of the Liverpool City Region has said.
• Government urged to improve 'embarrassing' stationA council has started a petition calling on the government and Network Rail to improve its "national embarrassment" of a railway station.

Sky News

• Network Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesIt is part of a drive to free up unused public land to help the government deliver its manifesto pledge to build 1.5m homes over this parliament.

Construction Enquirer

• New rail property company to unlock land for 40,000 homesNetwork Rail and London & Continental Railways are teaming up to create a new property company to release land for major housing-led schemes.

Rail Business Daily

• Chancellor presents Spring Statement to ParliamentIn an accompanying statement document, the Chancellor said Government was 'supporting growth by investing £13 billion more in capital infrastructure over the next five years, launching a construction skills package to train up to 60,000 more skilled workers, and investing an additional £2 billion in social and affordable housing.