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Transport can be the driver for the Northern Powerhouse

By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

The outgoing coalition government launched the Northern Transport Strategy just days before the start of the General Election campaign – surely no coincidence. Professor Graham Winch looks beyond the short-term politics to explain why the outlined investment is worth it. The just published Northern Transport Strategy aims to use better transport links in Northern England […]

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A Northern Science Powerhouse? Yes, but…

Kieron Flanagan By Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured Posted:

The Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation is good news for Northern England, but reform of research funding is needed to create a sustainable scientific ‘powerhouse’ in the North, argues Dr Kieron Flanagan. Chancellor George Osborne has made much in recent months of his ambition to help the cities of Manchester, Leeds, […]

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Hebden Bridge – Britain’s second city?

Iain DeasStephen Hincks By , and Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted:

The BBC’s Evan Davis says Britain needs a second ‘super city’ – and this could be Hebden Bridge. Dr Iain Deas, Prof Graham Haughton and Dr Stephen Hincks are sceptical. In his BBC series Mind the Gap: London v the Rest, Evan Davis argued that the UK’s economy is held back because London is our […]

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