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The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Grant Shapps Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary. (Credit: Parliament)

Government change receipt rules on £200 Alternative Fuel Payment

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Octopus Energy announces Bulb takeover: Everything you need to know

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Plans for radical MOT change opposed by most drivers

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Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 for three months

‘Shambolic’ passport delays threaten millions of summer holidays, ministers warn

Proposed government reforms will save airlines thousands of pounds (Photo: Getty Images)

Payouts for cancelled or delayed flights to be cut to £57 under shake-up

New mobile phone driving law tightens rules for all UK motorists

Travellers at Gatwick Airport on July 30, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Major changes to UK Covid travel rules come into effect

Covid passenger locator forms are expected to be axed before Easter (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Complicated’ Covid travel requirement set to change ahead of Easter

Travel rules have relaxed for UK arrivals from 11 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Major changes to Covid travel rules from today as testing is scrapped

Passengers would be entitled to compensation in the event of a delayed domestic flight (Photo: Getty Images)

More passengers to get payouts for delayed domestic flights under new plans

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

The rollout of smart motorways will be halted indefinitely until the Government can collect 'five years of data' on safety for drivers.

Smart motorway rollout halted in face of report into drivers' safety fears

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

New motoring law to close dangerous mobile phone loophole

Hucknall MP Mark Spencer is delighted the Government has committed to the Robin Hood Line extension. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

MP welcomes news that Robin Hood Line extension is going ahead

An artist's impression of the planned HS2 high-speed railway route.

Toton HS2 hub scrapped in favour of East Midlands Parkway and rail investment

The scene near Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury where a train heading to Bristol crashed

Two trains collide with 100 people rescued from tunnel and driver taken to hospi...

Britain’s Covid pass now valid for travel across EU - what it means for you

Rule change comes into force for travellers to use lateral flow tests instead of...

Government to bypass Commons approval to speed up HGV licence changes

Forty-seven countries have been taking off the red list including (from top left, clockwise) Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and South Africa (Shutterstock)

These are the countries affected by new UK travel rules which have come into for...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Boris Johnson reassures drivers petrol shortage ‘stabilising’ - but could last u...

New number plate laws come into force - what you need to know

Army tanker drivers 'stand ready' to deliver fuel amid supply crisis

Drivers have been queuing at petrol stations amid fears of fuel shortages (Photo: Getty Images)

UK suspends competition law to tackle petrol shortages driven by panic-buying

Marcus Rashford has warned that ending the uplift will see millions of people lose a “lifeline” (Photo: Getty Images)

Marcus Rashford makes plea to MPs to keep Universal Credit uplift ‘lifeline’

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will also provide examiners for lorry driving tests (Photo: Getty Images)

10,500 foreign workers to get temporary visas to save Christmas from shortages

Shoppers and motorists have been urged not to panic buy fuel (Getty Images)

Motorists told not to panic buy as ‘handful’ of petrol stations are closed

How the DVLA digital licence app could look

Digital driving licences to be introduced by 2024

Holiday bookings are expected to soar after the Government announced a relaxation of international travel rules (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Holiday bookings set to soar after government announces relaxation of internatio...

Amber list scrapped as Grant Shapps eases international travel rules - here's wh...

The travel changes are expected to come into force ahead of the October half-term break (Photo: Getty Images)

Overhaul of Covid travel rules expected today with double jabbed set to benefit

Countries have been categorised as green, amber or red based on their Covid-19 risk (Photo: Getty Images)

Expected time of travel update today on red, green and amber list changes

Highway Code changes bring two new rules and 33 updates from this week

HGV driving tests streamlined to tackle shortage of lorry drivers

The Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos are expected to turn amber this week (Photo: Shutterstock)

The green, amber and red list countries tipped to change in travel update this w...

The changes will affect where and when pedestrians have priority over cars

The new Highway Code changes that will affect every driver
Updates to give bikes and pedestrians priority and create heirarchy of road users

Countries on the amber watchlist will be at risk of moving from amber status to red (Photo: Getty Images)

Rules for amber watchlist as government faces backlash over proposed new travel ...

Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on January 17, 2021 in London (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

These are the new rules in place for fully-jabbed travellers from the US and EU

Government accused of introducing Covid passports ‘by stealth’ after updating NH...

France is currently the only country on the Amber Plus list, although it's likely more countries will follow (Photo: IAN LANGSDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Government defends France being on Amber Plus travel list - rules around that ca...

Anyone travelling from France to UK will have to quarantine, even if double-jabbed (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Double-jabbed holiday-goers returning to UK from France will still have to quara...

The Balearic Islands and British Virgin Islands will move back to the amber list on 19 July (Photo: Getty Images)

All the changes to the UK travel list from 19 July - including new green and amb...

Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza put back on England's amber travel list

By 2040 sales of all new combustion engined lorries will be outlawed

New diesel vans and lorries to be banned by 2040

Italy, Germany and Bulgaria are among 12 countries that are expected to join the green list this week (Photo: Getty Images)

12 more holiday spots on course to join green list this week - including Italy, ...

Travellers returning to England from holidays abroad are being warned of travel disruption and long queues at airports when restrictions begin to ease (Photo: Shutterstock)

Travellers returning to England warned of “disruption” and long airport queues w...