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From: Budget 2026 live: Latest updates, analysis and fact checks

Budget to fund Stratford International for cross-Channel trains, Guardian reports

Stratford International will receive funding in next week's Budget, putting it on track to host cross-Channel trains, The Guardian reports.

This is a report, not an announcement. The Treasury has not confirmed it, and the claim has not been independently checked.

Sadiq Khan has backed a plan to bring international services to the station by around 2030. Britbrief reports that the plan is costed at about £20m.

Britbrief also reports that the plan is backed by businesses and by the train drivers' union Aslef.

The Chancellor, John Healey, delivers the Budget to the Commons on Wednesday 28 October.

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