Tag: Shapps
Grant Shapps on HS2: We must balance spending needs
Grant Shapps has said the UK must consider the "balance" of how it spends its money, when questioned about the future of HS2. The defence secretary sa [...]
HS2: 'Crazy' not to review project due to soaring costs – Shapps
Grant Shapps cites Ukraine war costs and a spike in inflation as reasons to weigh up the rail project.
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Grant Shapps team say he doesn't have TikTok on his personal phone
MPs have urged the new defence secretary to quit the app over fears sensitive data could be accessed.
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Grant Shapps: Five government jobs in one year
Grant Shapps is the UK's new defence secretary. His new role is the fifth big government job he's held in the past year - under three different prime [...]
Grant Shapps: Five government jobs in one year
Grant Shapps is the UK's new defence secretary. His new role is the fifth big government job he's held in the past year - under three different prime [...]
Grant Shapps named as new UK defence secretary
The energy secretary takes over as head of the Ministry of Defence from Ben Wallace.
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Grant Shapps visits Kyiv as UK backs Ukraine nuclear power
The UK announcement comes after a meeting of G7 energy ministers in Japan earlier this year, where the UK, US, Canada, Japan and France agreed a new n [...]
Rosebank: MPs and peers urge Grant Shapps to block new oil field
Fifty MPs and peers from all major parties write to the energy secretary to demand a rethink.
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Bibby Stockholm: Asylum barge not a death trap, minister Grant Shapps says
The Fire Brigades Union has serious concerns about potential overcrowding and fire exits access.
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Households to be spared net zero levy – Shapps
Steps to fund the UK's hydrogen industry will not be tied to energy bills, the Energy Security Minister says.
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Grant Shapps: People don’t miss Boris Johnson ‘drama’
People "don't miss the drama" of Boris Johnson's premiership, Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has said. Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Shapp [...]
Country wants to move on from Boris Johnson, says Shapps
The energy secretary dismisses Boris Johnson's claim that he was the victim of a "witch hunt".
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Sunak five pledges 'difficult' but government committed – Shapps
Grant Shapps accepts the five promises - on inflation, the NHS, and more - are "difficult and very detailed".
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Shapps: Government is committed to its pledges
Grant Shapps has said the government is "absolutely committed" to its five promises - on inflation, NHS waiting lists, stopping small boats, growing t [...]
Grant Shapps ‘sympathetic’ to scrapping energy bill rise
On Monday, Energy UK, which represents suppliers, said: "Falling wholesale costs means the EPG has cost the government a lot less than had been antici [...]