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The Midlands is set to become the hub for two government departments as part of plans to “level up” Britain and move more senior civil servants — and ministers — outside London. Birmingham has been identified as the possible new second home for the Department for Transport.
HS2 is in a fragile state and may not be built in full, says Labour's Jim McMahon
The controversial HS2 project is in a “fragile state” and may not go ahead as originally planned amid fears the Eastern leg through Yorkshire is to be delayed or scrapped altogether, according to Grant Shapps’s Labour counterpart.
Sunday, 29 November 2020
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- Manston airport confirmed as post-Brexit lorry parkLorries will be parked at a disused airport in Kent the event of post-Brexit delays at the cross-Channel ports, the government has said.
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- Teesside Airport made 2.6m loss in last 12 monthsTEESSIDE Airport made a £2.6m net loss in the last 12 months, it can be revealed. The financial performance of the airport, which was taken back into public hands by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen last year, is said to be in line with a previously published ten year turnaround plan.
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- Leeds Bradford Airport's huge '£2bn worth to the city'Latest figures released project what the expansion could be valued at
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- Manchester Airport offers free landings for first Zero-Emission airlinerThe first airline to operate zero-emission flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) will not pay landing fees for 5 years after the airport set out a series of ambitious commitments to net zero.
- First fully carbon-neutral cargo flight set to take off from Frankfurt airport
- Heathrow and Gatwick: New testing strategy and destinations with no quarantine National lockdown restrictions are set to end on December 2
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