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HS2 Cost Hits £102 Billion With Trains Delayed to 2039 as Ministers Blame Tories for Obscene Overspend

Britain's HS2 rail project could cost up to £102 billion, with services delayed until 2039, as ministers blamed Conservatives for soaring costs and setbacks.

International Business Times UK · May 20

What has Andy Burnham said about Israel and Gaza ahead of crucial by-election?

DURING the early months of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, Andy Burnham emerged as one of the main Labour figures calling for a ceasefire.

The National (Scotland) · May 20

Is Morgan McSweeney still advising Keir Starmer from the sidelines?

MORGAN McSweeney may have departed Downing Street but does he still have the Prime Minister’s ear?

The National (Scotland) · May 20

Reeves hits back at petrol station heckler, telling him it is ‘not very British’

The man had repeatedly shouted at the Chancellor while she was being interviewed on a petrol station forecourt.

Evening Standard · May 20

Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech

In first Commons speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to Reform

The Guardian - UK · May 20

Brexit may be back, but Britain needs to know what it wants

A decade after the referendum, EU leaders would welcome closer ties – once the UK has understood the European deal’

The Guardian - UK · May 20

Wes Streeting brands SNP 'existential threat to UK' in resignation speech to MPs

WES Streeting branded the SNP an “existential threat” to the UK as he addressed MPs for the first time since quitting the Government.

The National (Scotland) · May 20

Labour retain control of Barnet Council after deal with Tories

Labour and the Conservatives won 31 seats each at the local elections on May 7

Evening Standard · May 20

Starmer apologises for ‘slip of the tongue’ in announcing deal with North Korea

The Prime Minister told MPs he ‘inadvertently said we did a trade deal with North Korea rather than South Korea’.

Evening Standard · May 20

John Curtice reveals winners and losers of Scottish elections' voting system

REFORM UK would be Scotland’s second largest party behind the SNP while Labour and the Greens tied for third if the Scottish election system…

The National (Scotland) · May 20