Mega Projects Shapps Plays Down Chinese Rescue Of Troubled HS2 Rail ink The Transport Secretary dismissed a claim by Beijing’s state-owned railway builder it could complete the project in just five years. Gavin Cordon 17th Feb
Mega Projects Prime Minister Expected To Split Tories By Giving Green Light To HS2 Conservative MPs in seats along the route south of Birmingham are among those who are angry over HS2’s cost and impact on the environment. Neil Lancefield 11th Feb
Mega Projects Eurostar To Launch Direct Amsterdam To London Trains In April Tickets for the new services will be available from February 11 and will cost from £35 each way. Neil Lancefield 04th Feb
Mega Projects Latest Images Show Progress At Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station Around 5,000 workers are on-site each day to keep the project on track. Emma Bowden 22nd Jan
Mega Projects Call For Action To Boost Social Mobility In ‘Marginalised’ Regions Only 31% of people living in the North East feel they have good life prospects in their region, compared with 74% in the South… Patrick Daly 21st Jan
Mega Projects HS2 Could Cost £106 Billion, Says Leaked Review An inquiry found there is ‘considerable risk’ that the project’s cost will rise up to 20% beyond the £81bn-£88bn set out in a report… PM Today Contributor 20th Jan
Mega Projects Microsoft Pledges To Remove Entire Historical Carbon Footprint By 2050 The technology company said those who could afford to move faster and go further on reducing carbon emissions should do so. Aine Fox 17th Jan
Mega Projects In Pictures: Archive Images Reveal How Modern Britain Was Built John Laing was one of the UK’s biggest construction companies. PM Today Contributor 13th Jan
Mega Projects Crossrail To Partially Open In Summer 2021 After Delay Of Two-And-A-Half Years Bosses added full services from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east should then commence by mid-2022. Catherine Wylie 10th Jan
Mega Projects Parliament Was ‘Seriously Misled’ Over HS2 – Review Panel Deputy Chairman Lord Berkeley says HS2 is ‘the wrong and expensive solution’ to the quest for better rail services. Trevor Marshallsea 06th Jan
Mega Projects Crossrail Boss Insists He Has ‘A Grip’ On Delayed £18bn Project Mark Wild described 2019 as a ‘pretty good year’ for the rail scheme. Neil Lancefield 02nd Jan
Mega Projects Boeing To Halt Production Of 737 Max Plane In January In a statement, Boeing said it will determine later when production can resume. PM Today Contributor 17th Dec
Mega Projects Hundreds Of Thousands Sign Up To Mass Tree Planting To Tackle Climate Change Woodland Trust estimates close to a million trees will be going into the ground as a result of its Big Climate Fightback campaign. Emily Beament 25th Nov
Mega Projects Labour To Build 150,000 Homes Yearly In Council And Social Housing ‘Revolution’ The party’s manifesto is being officially launched in Birmingham. Sam Blewett 21st Nov
Mega Projects Crossrail Will Not Open In 2020 London’s east-west railway was initially due to be completed in December 2018. Neil Lancefield 08th Nov
Mega Projects Sajid Javid: Tories Will Increase Borrowing To Invest In Infrastructure In a speech in Manchester, Mr Javid said the election would be close between Labour and the Conservatives. Harriet Line, George Ryan and Sophie ... 07th Nov
Mega Projects Scientists From Around The World Declare ‘Climate Emergency’ The declaration is based on analysis of more than 40 years of publicly available data. PM Today Team 06th Nov
Mega Projects Broadcasters Join Forces To Tackle Disability In The Media Representatives of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Viacom and Sky are taking part in information sessions. Craig Simpson 05th Nov
