A project to build the UK’s largest road tunnel has been granted £590m by the government. Constructing the Lower Thames Crossing, linking Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent, will cost an estimated £10bn. Plans for the 14.5-mile (23km) route were approved in March after a 16-year process that has already cost £1.2bn. Chancellor Rachel...
Kate Whannel Political reporter Spending Review: Where key money is being spent… in 99 seconds Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £29bn per year for the NHS in England, along with funding boosts for defence and housing, as she set out the government’s spending plans until the end of the decade. The chancellor also promised...
Rachel Reeves’s key choice in this Spending Review is to prioritise long-term investment over day-to-day spending. Within that, some cash will be routed to the Midlands and the North of England rather than London. And against tight limits on day-to-day spending, the chancellor chose to funnel funding towards health. These are important strategic reprioritisations. The...
Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money the NHS, schools, police and other public services will get over the next few years. The chancellor will emphasise plans to “invest in Britain’s renewal” by spending an extra £113bn on infrastructure, such as energy and transport projects in...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces difficult choices in this week’s Spending Review, which sets the budgets for all government departments over the next few years. The review will confirm how much taxpayers’ money will be spent on the NHS and other public services used by millions. It will also set out how much money the government...
Born in Newcastle and qualifying for Northern Ireland through her mother and grandfather, Furness made her senior international debut as a teenager in 2005 – shortly after the team had been reformed. Furness was integral to Northern Ireland’s historic qualification for Euro 2022, scoring five goals, and her dedication to her country was showcased in...
Captain Rachel Corsie “undoubtedly” believes the next generation of Scotland players have the “quality” to return to women’s major tournaments. The 35-year-old will retire at the end of this international window as the Scots close out their Nations League A campaign at home to Austria on Friday and away to the Netherlands next Tuesday, with...
Aberdeen-born Corsie started with Glasgow City in 2008 and won 13 major honours with Scotland’s then-dominant force before joining Notts County in 2014. A six-year stint in the NWSL in the United States – with Seattle Reign, Utah Royals and Kansas City Current – followed, though she enjoyed loan moves to Canberra United and Birmingham...
Dugdale said it was important clubs saw footballers as “people and not just players”, which is why she was keen to speak out on the situation. As well as Reading last year, players from Wolves Women were left frustrated in April as the club had already decided not to apply to compete in the Women’s...
Goalkeepers: Eartha Cumings (Rosengard), Lee Gibson (Glasgow City), Sandy MacIver (Washington Spirit). Defenders: Jenna Clark (Liverpool), Rachel Corsie (Aston Villa), Nicola Docherty (Rangers), Sophie Howard (Leicester City), Emma Lawton (Celtic), Rachel McLauchlan (Rangers), Amy Muir (Glasgow City). Midfielders: Chelsea Cornet (Rangers), Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea), Lauren Davidson (Brann), Freya Gregory (Newcastle United), Brogan Hay (Rangers), Sam...
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Scotland international Rachel Corsie and England’s Jordan Nobbs are among four players leaving Aston Villa at the end of the season. Danielle Turner and Maz Pacheco will also depart when their contracts expire in June. Defender Corsie, 35, joined the Women’s Super League side from Kansas City Current in 2022 and has made 56 appearances...
Reuters Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog after failing to declare on time that she received free theatre tickets. It is understood the chancellor attended an event at the National Theatre over Christmas but did not add the donation to the MPs register of interests within the specified timeframe. The BBC...
The chancellor says she “understands what President [Donald] Trump wants to address” with his tariffs, ahead of talks with her US counterpart in Washington on Friday. Rachel Reeves said there were similarities with the way both the US and UK governments had come to power off the back of voter frustration with the economy. Speaking...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled the UK could lower tariffs on US car imports as she tries to broker a trade deal with the Trump administration. Reeves said she wants “to see tariff and non-tariff barriers reduced between the UK and the US”. The UK is seeking to lower trade taxes imposed by President Donald...