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Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground

The Guardian - UK

Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport

The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself

The Guardian - UK

Labour warned it risks losing support for net zero if costs not spread fairly

Exclusive: Chief climate adviser calls on Starmer to make ‘strong, confident’ case for green UK that public can buy into

The Guardian - UK

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Starmer 'set to exempt Chinese spies from toughest national security law’

Shadow foreign secretary accuses prime minister of putting UK security at risk in rush to fix economy

The Independent UK

Heathrow's third runway and the other public transport projects that will reshape London by 2035

Major transport infrastructure projects include Gatwick’s second runway, Heathrow’s third runway and a new Piccadilly line fleet

Evening Standard

‘We’d go absolutely nuts’: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield

Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow’s third runway, Rachel Reeves and the pursuit of growth

Letters: Readers respond to the chancellor’s intentions, voicing their concerns about the climate and driving ‘growth’

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Why bats need tunnels

Developers need not “worry about bats and newts” before they start building, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said in a speech that outlined her plans to reform the UK’s planning process. Reeves’ comments suggest construction firms and housebuilders will be allowed to destroy habitat if they pay into “a nature fund”…

The Conversation

Fact check: New runways, growth projections and Taylor Swift clip

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Give Rachel Reeves’s plan for UK growth a chance

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca axes £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool, blaming state funding cut

Days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as UK strength, firm decides against site expansion

The Guardian - UK

Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it?

Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. We’re ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with Europe, says Scotland’s first minister John Swinney

The Guardian - UK

'Reeks of panic': Labour MP tears into party's growth plans

A LABOUR MP has slated his party’s growth agenda saying it “reeks of panic”.

The National (Scotland)

I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic

The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

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Evening Standard

Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers

Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

The Guardian - UK

Mel Stride fails to take off when given the chance to talk about Heathrow

Shadow chancellor has few opportunities to make a mark, and this time he returned to the land of futility after just six minutes

The Conversation

Will Labour’s plan for growth actually work? Two economists respond

The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Labour government will go “further and faster” to kick-start the British economy. Economic growth – to raise living standards and fund public services – is apparently a core mission of this government.

The Independent UK

Trade union boss warns Reeves against trading workers rights for economic growth

Exclusive: FBU general secretary issues a warning to Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer over pay and workers rights following the chancellor’s speech

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The Conversation

Rachel Reeves’ route to economic growth is a slow one – and there are no guarantees voters will be patient enough

After six months of talking down the economy and warning of tough times ahead, the UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has changed her tune. She is now much more optimistic about Britain’s economic prospects and has announced a raft of measures including major pension reforms designed to unlock cash to boost…

The Guardian - UK

Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to infrastructure projects in south of England

Labour figures struggling to explain benefits of major investment in the south of England to their constituents

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concerns

Rachel Reeves was questioned over her previous opposition to expanding Leeds-Bradford airport after she gave the green light to a third runway at Heathrow on Wednesday (28 January).

Evening Standard

Who owns Heathrow and who is the CEO?

Heathrow’s CEO pointed the blame at the electricity company handling the substation’s infrastructure

Evening Standard

Reeves should U-turn on winter fuel payment and farm ‘tax raid’, Tories say

Conservative whip Joy Morrissey urged the Government to ‘be bold’ and reinstate universal winter fuel payments.

Evening Standard

India trade deal should secure release of detained British citizen, says MP

Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in India since 2017.

The Conversation

‘Sustainable’ aviation fuel and other myths about green airport expansion debunked

Environmentalists and locals have resisted a third runway at London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, for more than two decades. Today, their efforts took a major setback.

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