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High Speed 2
15:12, 14 JUN 2022
Wardell Armstrong gives Mark Thurston HS2 update as eastern leg downgraded in Integrated Rail Plan
High Speed 2
The HS2 chief executive visited the company's Stoke-on-Trent head office to hear about its involvement in the scheme
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‘Betrayal’, ‘woefully inadequate’ and ‘levelling down’… reaction to plans to downgrade HS2 in the east
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‘A slap in the face to a region that already receives the lowest level of public expenditure on transport and economic affairs’
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'A cheap and nasty solution': Andy Burnham, Steve Rotheram and North West business leaders react to HS2 U-turn and Northern Powerhouse Rail news
North West
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the Integrated Rail Plan in the House of Commons
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Rail plans dubbed second class as HS2 to Leeds abolished with £200m city mass transport system landed
High Speed 2
Electrification of Transpennine Route and Midlands Main Line announced
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'A lot of positives' in £96bn transport plan, says Midlands Connect chief
Economic Development
Sir John Peace is upbeat despite the eastern leg of HS2 being downgraded
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Downgraded: HS2 Eastern leg to go as far as East Midlands Parkway - then straight into Nottingham and Derby
High Speed 2
Major redesign will also see the full electrification of existing Midland Main Line north to Sheffield
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New direct rail services from Birmingham to Nottingham and Derby but HS2 eastern leg downgraded
West Midlands
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defends £96bn rail masterplan
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Live: Government unveils rail plans to "slash" journey times across the North and Midlands - with rethink on HS2
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will today publish the Integrated Rail Review but there are already signs that it will disappoint business and political leaders in the North and the Midlands
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Doubts persist as Government set to unveil rail investment programme
Transport
Reports suggest the high-profile HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail schemes are likely to be downgraded
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Why HS2 eastern Leg from Birmingham to Leeds via Nottingham looks dead in the water
High Speed 2
In a major rail review on Thursday, the Government is expected to scrap the HS2 route between the Midlands and Leeds
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North East business leaders call on Government to back 'transport revolution'
Boris Johnson
North East England Chamber of Commerce says better transport links can help town and city centres and boost people's job opportunities
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Choose the North: The Government must deliver on rail promises
Boris Johnson
BusinessLive joins a group of newspapers across the North of England in calling on the Government to meet its rail promises to the region
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Growing fears over future of HS2 East as North and Midlands upgrades take priority
High Speed 2
Speculation Government will commit to western leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester but scrap Birmingham to Leeds
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Public invited to comment on 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to map out future of Notts barracks site
Economy
Proposals are also part of a longer-term vision for that part of the East Midlands which could create 84,000 jobs
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands Chamber responds
The Budget
'This was a fairly steady, even-handed Budget with little to excite or fright businesses'
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Autumn Budget 2021: Tax cuts favourable but why no mention of HS2
Birmingham Airport
West Midlands business leaders react to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Autumn Budget
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands businesses still worried despite Chancellor's promise of stronger economy
The Budget
FSB: "Where inflation and forthcoming tax hikes are concerned, the clouds are gathering"
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Budget 2021: East Midlands Chamber calls for fresh growth strategy amid fears economy is stalling
Chamber of Commerce
'Our data suggests growth in investment is slowing and not as high as we’d expect it to be at this point of the recovery'
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West Midlands business leaders outline wishlist ahead of Autumn Budget
West Midlands
Capital gains tax, business rates and HS2 are all on the radars of the region's business community
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Meet your Greater Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards finalists for 2021
Greater Birmingham Apprentice Awards
There are 12 categories in total - including Training Provider of the Year, Apprentice of the Year: Professional Services and Large Employer of the Year
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Welsh Government accused of neglecting North Wales in Metro spending commitments
Wales
Conservatives hit out as North Wales Metro gets £50m of £1bn Welsh pot but Government says more is coming
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Shortlist announced for £500m HS2 contract
High Speed 2
The major contract will see the winner lead the design and delivery of the 36-mile Phase 2a route
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Wales needs to see the benefits of independence by looking to Ireland
Boris Johnson
We spend a lot of time agonising over whether an independent Wales is affordable.
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Northern leaders push Government on levelling up and five 'gamechanger' projects
Boris Johnson
Political leaders from the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber want action on
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