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EVENT: Levelling Up The Tracks
Friday 17 September, 2.15pm - 4.15pm. A Microsoft Teams event. The UK rail industry and the rail investment pipeline are growing, with unprecedented levels of investment by government and the...
Leaders ask for HS2 East “Green Light” given critical role in UK rail freight future
A cross-party letter has been sent to the Prime Minister by leaders in the North and Midlands “calling for the Government to publish an Integrated Rail Plan which recognises freight’s vital role in...
Response to the Rail Needs Assessment
HS2 East’s Co-Chairs Cllr Judith Blake (Leader of Leeds City Counci) and Cllr Kay Cutts (Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council) and Dan Jarvis (Metro Mayor of the Sheffield City Region), have...
MPs call for full delivery of HS2’s Eastern Leg to bridge East – West divide
A group of MPs, civic and business leaders from across the Midlands and the North has written to Boris Johnson calling for the full delivery of HS2’s Eastern Leg from Birmingham to Leeds. In a...
Government urged to restore confidence in levelling-up agenda by investing in HS2’s Eastern Leg
- Just 20 per cent of people in Midlands and North think Government is doing enough to level up- Seven in ten think COVID has stalled efforts to tackle climate change- 59 per cent worried pandemic...
Government urged to help regions rebound by clearing the way for HS2 East
Political leaders in the Midlands and the North are demanding an early start to HS2 as new research shows the eastern leg of the line could create up to 150,000 jobs. They are pressing Prime...