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Transport can be the driver for the Northern Powerhouse

By Graham Winch Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: April 24, 2015

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 […]

Tagged With: Atlantic Gateway, general election, HS2, Hull, infrastructure, Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester International Airport, Mersey Gateway Bridge, New-Panamax, Northern Hub, Northern Powerhouse, Northern Transport Strategy, Panama Canal, Peel Group, Pennines, Randstad, Rhein-Ruhrgebiet, Sheffield, transport

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Hebden Bridge – Britain’s second city?

Iain DeasStephen Hincks By Iain Deas, Graham Haughton and Stephen Hincks Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: April 1, 2014

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 […]

Tagged With: Evan Davis, Hebden Bridge, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, M62, Manchester, Mind the Gap, Newcastle, North European Trade Axis, Northern Way, Pennines, regional policy

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