, real-tragedy if this government abandoned it.” Henri Murison, CEO of the Northern Powerhouse

Only a quarter of the government officials responsible for scrapping both HS2 to Yorkshire and the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail actually live in the region, it has been revealed. Twenty-four mandarins in the Department for Transport compiled the Integrated Rail Plan which was published to widespread disgust across the north last month. Now, it has emerged that just six of them call the area home.It is unclear how many of those regularly use the region’s railway system which is among the wor

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 14( Reuters)-The South African rand weakened against a firm dollar on Thursday after monthly mining figures showed a drop in production, while analysts had predicted an increase. The rand traded at 18. 9425 against the dollar at 1502 GMT, about 0.7% weaker than its previous close. The dollar was trading up about 0.4% against a basket of global currencies. South Africa's total mining output fell 3.6% year on year in July after a revised 1.3% increase the previous month, Statist

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister, 57, stated there would be “ quite a lot on Northern Powerhouse Rail ”( NPR) at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. However, while Mr Johnson is not expected to make a formal announcement the Prime Minister has been warned to stick to his 2019 pledge to build a new line between Leeds and Manchester via Bradford to avoid levelling up being “ nothing more than a slogan ”.... The comments come amid speculation which hints the Eastern leg of the HS2, from

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 23( Reuters)-The South African rand extended gains to trade nearly 2% stronger against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, after July inflation data came in lower than expected and the greenback slipped.At 1608 GMT, the rand traded at 18. 4725 to the U.S. dollar, about 1.8% stronger than its previous close....

Senior Conservative MP Damian Green has called for an end to ministers’ “ culture war ” attacks on the BBC and the judiciary – saying the strategy was losing the party voters in the south of England. The former minister, influential leader of the One Nation caucus of backbenchers, said the poor local election results in so-called “ blue wall ” heartlands reflected distaste for an “ embarrassing ” government.Mr Green said he took “ little consolation ” from Labour’s struggle to make inroads in th

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The Conservative Government has broken its promise to the North of England to match EU cash lost to the regions after Brexit, it has been claimed. Money from Government under the Shared Prosperity Fund( SPF) was supposed to replace cash lost after the UK left the European Union, but the North has been short-changed, according to political leaders and think tanks. Communities Secretary Michael Gove on Thursday announced England will receive ￡1. 588 billion, Wales ￡585 million, Scotland ￡212 milli

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said:" Why should it be the North of England that pays the price?... " What we are going to end up with here is in the southern half of the country, a modern, high-speed rail network, and the northern half of the country left with crumbling Victorian infrastructure.... " The 30, 000 people delivering HS2 deserve this....

SUNDERLAND, England( Reuters)-When Britain left the European Union on Jan.... It's an agenda that Johnson calls" levelling up"-and it is at the heart of Johnson's strategy to stay in power. Already Johnson's Conservative Party has made big electoral gains in traditional Labour-voting areas of the north.... " The 4.8 billion pounds Levelling Up Fund will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres and high streets, upgrading local tran