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Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solution…

A West End play reveals the way in which powerful vested interests brought about the demise of the climate protocol

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

Gatwick, too, has an expansion plan, and other schemes include a Bakerloo line extension and a larger terminal at Stansted

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

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

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”…

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

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