Transport

Bernadette Kelly writes to NAO to provide departmental support for its inquiry into scheme as transport sec sets out cost hikes

Move follows anger over working conditions and overtime payments, says PCS

Ten-member team to report on case for controversial £55.7bn project by December

Providers told supplies could take up to five days to deliver – up from three days set out in February guidance

Virgin Trains, which has run the line since privatisation, loses out to new operator including Italian state-owned firm

£300m spending cap accounts for possible frequency of “disruption events”, including border delays

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Infrastructure and Projects Authority reveals Brexit may be improving project delivery across government through more efficient ways of working

Damning report says department has yet to “get a grip” on the troubled trans-capital rail line

Benefits agreed in £33m Eurotunnel settlement “little more than window dressing”, MPs say

Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency