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Support For Reform Is Rising In Places With Most High Street Decline, Study Finds
Communities
Support For Reform Is Rising In Places With Most High Street Decline, Study Finds
Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK is particularly rising in areas that have seen the most acute high street decline in recent years, new research suggests.
Richard Parker Interview: I Don't Care About A Brand, I Care About Values
Communities
Richard Parker Interview: I Don't Care About A Brand, I Care About Values
As West Midlands Combined Authority mayor Richard Parker approaches the end of his first year in office, he talks to Nadine Batchelor-Hunt about predecessor Andy Street, bin strikes, and his desire for a ‘pragmatic’ relationship with Westminster. Photography by Tom Pilston
Northern Labour MPs Set Up 'Red Wall Caucus' To Fight Reform UK
Home affairs
Northern Labour MPs Set Up 'Red Wall Caucus' To Fight Reform UK
Exclusive: A number of Labour MPs in the North and Midlands have formed a group called the 'Red Wall Caucus' to fight the rise of Reform UK in their constituencies.
Voters In New Build England Say Conservative Promises Have Been Broken
Communities
Voters In New Build England Say Conservative Promises Have Been Broken
Modern housing developments in Nottinghamshire promised residents a better life, but now they feel some of those promises have been broken. And while many of these voters are ready for “change”, they remain unsure of who they can trust to deliver it.
For a government obsessed by growth, investing in the Midlands Rail Hub is a no brainer
Transport
By Lord Ravensdale
For a government obsessed by growth, investing in the Midlands Rail Hub is a no brainer
Everyone knows about Northern Powerhouse Rail. Even if you aren’t a train planner you know it’s a line across the north, it’s become slightly totemic, like a litmus test for levelling up in the minds of some of my colleagues.
The Integrated Rail Plan will level up transport in the Midlands on an unprecedented scale
Transport
By Darren Henry MP
The Integrated Rail Plan will level up transport in the Midlands on an unprecedented scale
On Thursday the government announced £96 billion in rail infrastructure throughout the Midlands and the North. I consider this the first phase of the eastern leg of HS2 and they will be undertaking an 18-month consultation to determine what further phases will look like.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street 'Heavily Involved' In Plans For New Tory Group
Political parties
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street "Heavily Involved" In Plans For New Tory Group
Exclusive: Andy Street, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, is playing a leading role in plans to launch a new parliamentary group of Tory MPs in the region.
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Transport
By Railway Industry Association
RIA responds to funding announcement for the North and Midlands
It’s time to give the Midlands Rail Hub the green light
Transport
By Lord Ravensdale
It’s time to give the Midlands Rail Hub the green light
Transport infrastructure investment will deliver many benefits for communities which aren’t just economic – better transport brings improved social mobility, a cleaner environment and healthier people.
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
Communities
By Darren Henry MP and Lilian Greenwood MP
Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority
In 2021, we want to see the government deliver a step change in its promise to ‘level up’, putting the Midlands at the heart of a green recovery.