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Latest statistics show the Government has failed to hit even half of the UK-wide target in any year since 2019

There are very few flats or houses at remotely affordable prices for young people. It is likely some 200,000 of todays standing-empty buildings could be restored and converted into affordable houses and/or flats, writes Frederick Forsyth.

It looks like trimming the fat isn’t going too well at the civil service, despite the government’s middling efforts. Between 2016 and 2018 the government capped pay rises for mandarins – and froze salaries entirely in 2021 to bring down the costs of the bloated public sector. New analysis from the TaxPayers’ Alliance though shows that

To fulfill its ambitious net-zero agenda, the European Union would need to significantly increase the speed and scale of the transition while ensuring affordability, security, and growth.

Who really stands to gain from more oil and gas drilling? Rishi Sunak tried to argue that the Tories signing off on up to 100 new oil and gas

A new report into behaviours relationships and disputes across the PFI sector, commissioned by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), has found that the industry is “at a significant inflexion point”, with stakeholders increasingly concerned about the way public authorities have started to manage their PFI contracts.

Two news items this week got me thinking about how the UK, including Northern Ireland, struggles to do big infrastructure these days.

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners argue there is simply no room at London Euston for the station developers want to build.

Fears are growing a once in a lifetime project to finally transform the A66 trans pennine route into a full length dual carriageway are in doubt…

Twitter responds to the UK government's multi-billion pound railway project being branded "unachievable" by watchdog.