More than 100 business leaders, economists and MPs from all parties are pressing the government for more investment in infrastructure projects which will create hundreds of thousands jobs in the construction sector. Letters to national newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Financial Times, call for a £17bn investment in High Speed 2 (HS2) between London and Birmingham which will create one million long-term British jobs. What is your reaction to business leaders pushing the government to approve plans for HS2 and its construction?

'The Government has announced a £300 million funding boost to help small and medium sized businesses expand and create new jobs in the trades.   . The multi-million investment is the first deployment from the £1 billion of new capital allocated to the business bank in the 2012 Autumn Statement.