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HS2 chief delays northern England rail link by four years

Cs news10 months ago03 mins

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new high speed railway line, HS2, which hopes to connect London to northern England, will be delayed by at least four years, the company said on Wednesday. This is the latest setback for a project that has been beset by cost overruns, missed deadlines and repeated changes in scope since it was…

UK Treasury chief says she’ll slash finacial services red tape to boost investment

Cs news1 year ago04 mins

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves said Tuesday that she’ll cut red tape for banks and finance firms so that “informed risk-taking” can help kickstart Britain’s sluggish economy. The government is trying to regain the economic initiative after rocky weeks of costly U-turns and figures showing the British economy contracted for two months…