The experimental tram-train linking Sheffield and Rotherham is expected to be delivered three years late and five times over budget.
A number of senior politicians have called for the voting age to be lowered to 16 after the surge in the youth vote at the General Election.
Professor Arnold Dix has said that the current system to assess fire safety of high-rise buildings in the UK is ‘pointless’.
Greener UK has published its first Brexit Risk Tracker, which reflect the risks to environmental policy throughout the Brexit process.
Government plans for the new £18 billion Hickley Point nuclear power station are ‘not value for money’ and is a ‘risky’ project.
Current police budget cuts mean that the police would face ‘real challenges’ to deal with riots on the scale of 2011, says chief.
The government has announced the companies in the running for the new West Coast Partnership rail franchise and the next South Eastern franchise.
Nicholas Holgate, chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council, has resigned following the Grenfell Tower fire.
New statistics have shown that the number of new government-funded social homes has plummeted by 97 per cent since 2010.
Transport for the North has released its Strategic Transport Plan to transform the North’s economy through investment in transport infrastructure.
The SMMT has urged the government to secure a transitional Brexit deal to protect the future of the UK car industry.
Parliament will sit for two years instead of the usual one to give MPs enough time to consider the laws required to make Britain ready for Brexit.
Following the recent General Election, county leaders are urging the government to avoid ‘kicking social care reform into the long grass’.
The latest Small Business Index, conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has shown a drop in confidence among small firms.
Officials have confirmed that the first round of talks that will see Britain leave the European Union will start on 19 June.