Philip Hammond told a committee of MPs on Wednesday that 1, 400 redundancies at the firm's Derby factory were "regrettable" and added that delaying the Thameslink trains contract would be unacceptable.

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But planners advised the committee to back the demolition of the building and seven empty terraced homes at the site and approve a factory building and associated development.

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