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MPs are always voting on things they don’t know much about. But you would think that, by now, a few facts would have been established ahead of this summer’s big vote — on the Ł14 billion third runway at Heathrow.

Senior Network Rail boss tells MPs and peers the East Coast Main Line needs more investment

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The link is estimated to cost Ł1.2 billion and could be privately funded by companies and local authorities

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  • Runway decision made in the dark [Subscription]MPs are always voting on things they don’t know much about. But you would think that, by now, a few facts would have been established ahead of this summer’s big vote — on the Ł14 billion third runway at Heathrow.

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