Newspaper round-up: 25 April 2007

Spanish property crash

Fears of a property crash in Spain is reported in the Daily Telegraph after shares in construction companies went into freefall.

Hanson suffers in first half due to weak dollar

The Financial Times reports that Hanson expects its first half performance to be hampered by a weak US dollar.

One in five PFI projects unprofitable

Almost one in five privately-financed projects are still not making their owners money, according to a survey of 100 schemes, the Financial Times reports today.

Metronet could collapse, says Mayor Livingstone

The Guardian reports claims by London Mayor Ken Livingstone that the Tube PPP consortium Metronet could collapse as he announced a significant increase in engineering work on the tube system.

Illegal immigrants win approval in public poll

A campaign for an estimated 50,000 illegal workers in Britain to be given the right to earn a living would have popular support, according to the Independent today.