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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Government
09:39, 6 OCT 2023
Wildanet chief executive appointed to national Business Council
º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Government
Helen Wylde has held the position at the Liskeard tech firm since January 2022
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Government pressed for answers on Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour
North West
The Foreign Secretary can only designate a person if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that the individual is 'an involved person' in the destabilisation of Ukraine
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PM pledges £1bn electrification of North Wales rail line from HS2 cash
Wales
Rishi Sunak announced a series of transport projects after he axed HS2 north of Birmingham
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Forget levelling up – Rishi Sunak has ‘levelled down’ the East Midlands by scrapping HS2
High Speed 2
Chamber boss says ‘latest embarrassing U-turn is another nail in the coffin for the Government’s levelling up mantra’
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Business leaders react to HS2's northern leg being scrapped by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
North West
The Prime Minister told his party's conference the HS2 project's costs had 'more than doubled'
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Opinion: This has to be the worst decision since the advent of devolution in Wales
Welsh Government
The then Welsh Government of Rhodri Morgan turned down the offer of rail devolution from Tony Blair's government in 2005
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak prepares to scrap HS2's northern leg
North West
Several notable organisations – including Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the University of Manchester and Co-operatives º£½ÇÊÓÆµ – signed a joint letter warning the Prime Minister he was risking the 'prosperity' of the North
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HS2's northern leg scrapped by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: Updates and reaction
High Speed 2
Decision made after costs spiralled on high speed rail line from Euston via Old Oak Common
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Rolls-Royce, EDF and four other companies in next stage of º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Small Modular Reactor competition
Energy
Government wants up to a quarter of º£½ÇÊÓÆµ electricity to come from nuclear power by 2050
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HS2: Vast majority of business leaders want Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to keep northern leg
North West
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has repeatedly said it is not the 'appropriate time' to announce whether to cut the northern leg of the high-speed rail project
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Over 5,000 jobs to be created as BAE Systems wins £3.95bn submarine funding
North West
The award will also fund significant infrastructure investment at BAE Systems' site in Barrow-in-Furness
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'Folk are slowly getting skinter': Businessman's 'rant' over Brexit, inflation and 'desperate political masters'
North West
Andy Holt has however predicted a better 2023 and 2024 for his business, What More º£½ÇÊÓÆµ
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Summit to discuss HS2 called for by unions
High Speed 2
The statement was signed by the TUC, Aslef, Rail, Maritime and Transport union, Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, GMB and Unite
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º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Government is ramping up export support to firms in Wales
Exports
It is expanding its export support team in Wales which it said will collaborate with the Welsh Government
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Business leaders issue £2bn HS2 warning as decision looms
North West
Local leaders have warned 27,000 new jobs would not be created if HS2's northern leg is scrapped
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North West business leaders react to reports of HS2's route from Birmingham to Manchester will be scrapped
North West
Business leaders across the region have reacted to the news
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 'committed to levelling up' despite declining to back HS2 to North
High Speed 2
An announcement is expected to be made in the coming days
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HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?
High Speed 2
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has suggested the scheme is 'out of control'
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HS2: Timeline of controversial project since plans emerged in 2009
High Speed 2
An announcement is expected sometime this week
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Derbyshire County Council is latest facing funding crisis as it approves measures to cut £46 million budget gap
Local Government
'This is not a bankruptcy situation for this council, far from it..... this is a difficult situation and we must rise to the challenge'
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Green light for £105m NHS rehabilitation centre near Loughborough
Construction
70-bed centre will include research, training and education facilities running alongside day-to-day clinical care
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Prime Minister leads warm welcome to Finnish forest giant as huge international investment staked in Goole
Industrial
Rishi Sunak joined by Finnish ambassador, regional and local community leaders in greeting site selection by 'great flagbearer' Metsa Tissue
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Jaguar Land Rover hails 'pragmatic' move by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to delay ban on petrol and diesel cars
North West
JLR has a commitment to be fully carbon net zero by 2039
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Plans for major North Wales offshore wind farm given go ahead
Energy
Awel y Môr is planned to be operational before 2030
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