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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

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The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion to £73 billion. The number of new homes being built in England rose by 6 per cent in the three months to June. The United Kingdom has lost more than 40 per cent of its bank and building society branches since 1989, according to a report by Nottingham University.

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