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Reeves insists economic plan working in ‘uncertain’ world as UK growth forecast lowered for 2026
Reeves insists economic plan working in ‘uncertain’ world as UK growth forecast lowered for 2026
MPs demand 30-year rail plan to end ‘boom and bust’ investment
MPs have warned that decades of “boom and bust” rail investment are driving up costs and putting jobs at risk, in a stark new Transport Committee report. Despite rail being a core national asset, the committee says volatile, stop–start funding has eroded skills, destabilised suppliers and left only 39% of the network electrified.
It calls for a 30‑year Long Term Rail Strategy, a revamped Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline and a rolling stock plan aligned with infrastructure, arguing that Great British Railways is a chance to end damaging investment cycles.
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