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Articles tagged with: northern powerhouse
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.
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Transport
By Railway Industry Association
RIA North responds to Integrated Rail Plan - "We want to see Govt get on and deliver this plan as a minimum"
We can make levelling up a reality by delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full
Transport
By Kevin Hollinrake MP
We can make levelling up a reality by delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full
“It has sometimes been observed that what leaders do for their people today is government and politics,” the Queen said recently. “But what they do for the people of tomorrow - that is statesmanship.” The Queen was speaking about COP26, but the insight runs much deeper.
Sunak’s Budget was a crash landing for any hope of making transport greener and cheaper for working people
Transport
By Jim McMahon MP
Sunak’s Budget was a crash landing for any hope of making transport greener and cheaper for working people
Just four days before COP26 starts, the Budget was a crash landing for any hopes this government would make transport greener, cheaper and more geared towards the people who rely on it.
When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda
A new report reveals stark disparities in the way Covid-19 affected different areas of the country – so can policy heal the UK’s North-South health divide?
The North deserves to play for England
Economy
By Jake Berry MP
The North deserves to play for England
It is time for the North to take its rightful seat at the table as an economic powerhouse. It is incumbent on local leaders to seize this opportunity of radical devolution and go full steam ahead to turbo charge their regions.
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
Coronavirus
By Simon Fell MP
We need a Northern Economic Recovery Plan to unleash the Green Industrial Revolution
There needs to be a plan for the North - to capture, direct and sustain investment: to pump prime our communities and unleash the opportunity which we, as their advocates, know are already there
Jake Berry: “This is the last big challenge I want to take on”
Communities
By Kate Proctor
Jake Berry: “This is the last big challenge I want to take on”
The Lancashire Tory MP tells Kate Proctor how a year beset with personal tragedy has helped him rediscover his mission – to deliver real change for the north of England
If the Spending Review lacks ambition, we will miss a vital opportunity to level up the North
Economy
By Dan Jarvis MP
If the Spending Review lacks ambition, we will miss a vital opportunity to level up the North
The brutal reality is that the North is on course for levelling down, not levelling up. Covid-19 must not become an excuse to delay the transformative investment needed to level up.
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Transport
By Railway Industry Association
Northern Rail Industry Leaders respond to TfN Northern Infrastructure Pipeline
Transport for the North have today published a Northern Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), a 30 year investment plan of infrastructure projects to underpin greener Northern growth.