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FeaturesKey takeaways from the Conservative Party conference
This party conference will long be remembered as the place HS2 died. But rail was far from the only topic on the agenda in Manchester, as Daniel Gayne reports
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK takes ‘ridiculous’ amount of time to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure, says chancellor
Jeremy Hunt hit out at inefficiency’s in major project delivery and re-iterated no formal decision had been made on HS2
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NewsConservative Party conference: axe looms over HS2, ministers side-step awkward questions and business leaders despair
As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in Manchester
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NewsRolls Royce among six winners of government’s mini nuclear reactor design competition
Energy secretary Claire Coutinho made the announcement in her speech to the Conservative conference
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NewsConservative conference: Gove pledges nutrients reform bill at ‘first available opportunity’
Peers voted down amendement to change neutrality rules last month
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NewsMinister accuses housebuilders of pushing ‘soulless’ housing
Housing minister Kit Malthouse says pent-up demand for homes is making people accept poor design and quality
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CommentGive us policy, not just politics
As the Conservative party conference approaches, we need a positive agenda for post-Brexit infrastructure delivery to fight anti-investment uncertainty
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CommentIs the urgency there to fix the housing crisis Shapps says we're in?
Underlying concerns were prevalent at the Conservative Party Conference that the government’s planning proposals may be watered down
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CommentGeorge Osborne's got good and bad news
The chancellor raised a laugh at conference today, but when it comes to cuts he’s deadly serious