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Rail minister challenges industry to cut costs
The government has challenged the rail industry to pioneer new ways of working to halve the time and reduce the cost of completing infrastructure projects, with the launch of the next stage of Rail Project SPEED. In a conference speech today rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris invited the 1,800-strong virtual audience adopt the new approach.
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