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*As in a brand new line then allows the older lines to carry many more freight trains and stopping services to help with new housing around existing stations.

Only the UK could be unable to build a High Speed line when the rest of the developed world can. Led by idiots. I'm 20 years time it'll be built but at even higher cost. Both parties will keep population growth extremely high meaning we'll need extra rail capacity and not just for passe gets bit to get freight worries off the road and more local services which HS2 will do massively. It's why most countries build them ffs

They won't. And this is just red meat to the GBNews, Telegraph, Express crowd who will fall for anything the Tories say. Thing is few read those papers or watch that channel. 1980s tactics

How many are still left on tax credits now? Most must have moved over? UC does apply a lot more conditions than TC ever did. Too much in some regards. We went from super lax on many trying it on to punitive on those in need with UC if not on legacy. Presumably to be seen to be tough while those on TC moved over on legacy conditions. Systems is a mess that isn't fair.

Higher growth means interest rates stay higher for longer. Basic stuff

On the Express!? Any decent sources?

Thisismoney is owned by the Daily Mail isn't it? And the Daily Mail have substantial interests in property and a vested interest in boosting prices. As ever look at how owns these sites.

It's a stalemate. Russia's current offensive is also a shitshow. They're losing massive amounts of armour and men. They don't have much capability to replace that armour hence why sending lightly armoured trucks to the Frontline along with 60 year old APC and not much better tanks.

Owner of the Daily Express, Mirror and some of the worst local sites ever seen (MyLondon, MEN, Liverpool Echo and many 'live' sites like Yorkshirelive, Kentlive etc is cutting 450 jobs Current owners are clueless and think clickbait factories will work. They aren't.

The answer is to not restrict land, not allow long term landbanking and not allow developers to make 20 per cent margins minimum before they claim a development is "viable" and provide funds for local services and affordable housing. It's clearly an industry with govt helping big developers to extreme profits levels.

The Treasury have been wrong on just about every issues for decades. Wasted billions and wrong on all the big calls. Now we have Sunak who is their man through and through.

So the UK continues to be just about the entire developed nation in the world with no proper High Speed rail network. Hardly something to celebrate. Typical short term thinking endemic of the country.

These clowns still don't seem to realize they can buy a 20 year old car and not pay. As for surveillance that shipped sailed some time ago. They had nothing to say when face recognition cctv was introduced etc. Same clowns welcomed it now they can't drive in an old banger down the road.

Old trick to get people to ring/email then get them on the books

Some don't. Others will have high tax rates with income used to build low cost homes. Not many are as thoughtless or unbothered about their own citizens as the UK Govt.