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Liz Truss ‘completely committed’ to Northern Powerhouse Rail

Liz Truss has declared she is “completely committed” to building Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and wants “really fantastic rail services” in the North. The Conservative Party leadership candidate told reporters in Leeds that she knows “how poor the ...

28 Jul 2022 at 17:23

Best academy trusts would not go north, says Northern Powerhouse chief

High-performing multi-academy trusts (MATs) would not want to take on schools in the 55 education investment areas identified by the levelling up paper because the areas are too risky, a leading economist has said. Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of ...

19 May 2022 at 16:54

Labour ‘will turn Britain into green growth superpower’, Sir Keir Starmer says

Labour will invest in clean hydrogen power and “radically expand” offshore wind as part of plans to turn Britain into a “green growth superpower”, Sir Keir Starmer said. He promised more solar panels and home insulation during a speech to the ...

15 Oct 2022 at 13:37

Government is ‘working on options’ for boosting Bradford’s rail services

New rail minister Huw Merriman said the Government is “working on our options” for improving train services at Bradford. Plans for a high-speed railway station in the West Yorkshire city were dashed when the Department for Transport ...

10 Nov 2022 at 13:53

Truss promises station in Bradford as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail plans

Liz Truss has said Bradford will get a new station on the high-speed railway line to be built between Liverpool and Hull. In an interview with ITV Calendar filmed on Sunday afternoon, the Prime Minister was asked if her commitment ...

03 Oct 2022 at 19:26

Northern business leaders warn minister over ‘crisis on our rail network’

Business leaders in northern England have warned the Transport Secretary there is a “crisis on our rail network”. Members of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership have written to Mark Harper warning that a “wave of cancellations is ...

28 Nov 2022 at 14:43

Fear of more train chaos in North when timetables change

There are fears that disruption to rail services in northern England will continue when new timetables are introduced on Sunday. A number of routes which suffered cuts earlier this year will get more trains scheduled. But there ...

08 Dec 2022 at 08:41

Rishi Sunak reviewing Northern Powerhouse Rail and other infrastructure projects

Major infrastructure projects including a major high-speed rail line in northern England are being reviewed as Rishi Sunak tries to find £50 billion through savings and tax hikes. Business Secretary Grant Shapps hinted ...

04 Nov 2022 at 16:09

Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Downscaling HS2 would create “a commercial and operational mess”, industry experts have warned. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the high-speed ...

25 Sept 2023 at 13:53

Gap in top GCSE grades between London and North East widens

Pandemic recovery policies have been “too London-centric”, an educational charity has suggested, after figures showed the gap in top GCSE grades between the capital and the North East has widened. Overall, 28.4% of ...

24 Aug 2023 at 15:50

No 10 refuses to guarantee HS2 will run to Manchester

Downing Street has refused to guarantee the HS2 railway line will run to Manchester as planned amid reports Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s second stage. No 10 suggested ...

14 Sept 2023 at 13:02

Government ‘moving too slowly’ to meet economic targets and climate goals

The Government is moving too slowly on infrastructure initiatives and not putting enough focus on the type of larger projects which would secure economic growth and a lower carbon economy, a new report by ...

27 Mar 2023 at 06:11

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