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Comment: Government awards HS2 contract to failing construction firm
On Monday, the government announced £6.6bn in contracts awarded to a variety of building firms for the construction of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link. Alongside French construction company Eiffage and UK firm Kier, Carillion has won a contract worth £1.4bn of public money to design and built part of the £56bn megaproject. Carillion…
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Comment: Award winning student newspaper in funding crisis
Leeds Student newspaper went to print on Thursday night in the knowledge that it could not afford to do so. Voluntary student staff were forced to make the tough decision to pay for its printing costs out of students’ membership fees, there to provide equipment and cover expenses for those involved in the paper’s running,…