Thank you @William_Wragg You definitely made a huge difference with this and thank you for taking the time to speak directly to me on this issue and raise it with @ChrisPincher 🙏
Pleased to see this extension for the current Help to Buy scheme. I recently met with Minister @ChrisPincher to raise this and related issues on behalf of a number of constituents. Thank you to Chris and all at @mhclg who made this happen! https://t.co/SbL5O2pEAF
'Who put this together? Was this a primary school project?'
@NickFerrariLBC can't help but chuckle as he lists a series of errors with Rishi Sunak's 'masterstroke' Network North plans, days after the PM scrapped HS2's northern leg...
The Government has pledged to extend the Metrolink network in Manchester towards the Airport - despite the fact it was built nine years ago. https://t.co/14WisiJ5ee
Today’s decision on HS2 is the wrong one. It will help to fuel the views of those who argue that we can no longer think or act for the long-term as a country; that we are heading in the wrong direction.
HS2 was about investing for the long-term, bringing the country together, ensuring a more balanced economy and delivering the Northern Powerhouse. We achieved historic, cross-party support, with extensive buy-in from city and local authority leaders across the Midlands and North of England. Today’s announcement throws away fifteen years of cross-party consensus, sustained over six administrations, and will make it much harder to build consensus for any future long-term projects.
All across the world, we see transformative, long-term infrastructure projects completed or underway. They show countries on the rise, building for future generations, thinking big and getting things done.
I regret this decision and in years to come I suspect many will look back at today’s announcement and wonder how this once-in-a-generation opportunity was lost.
The Government is guilty of gross mismanagement of HS2 and of making the North pay for their failure.
Once again, passengers here are seen as second-class citizens.
It’s time for an honest conversation about what they WILL do for the North and let voters decide if it’s enough.
It’s coming up 10 years since Osborne’s “Northern Powerhouse” speech and the Tories are set to scrap the last of his rail pledges.
The result?
The southern half of England gets a modern rail system and the North left with Victorian infrastructure.
Levelling up?
My a**e.
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