Catch Henri Murison at the Westminster Forum Projects ‘Next steps for the UK’s rail network’ conference talking all things rail policy from 11am on Thursday 🚝

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Jaya Chakrabarti DSc hc MBE Bristol City Council Andrew Carter Heather Stewart Newcastle University Peter Foster angus horner Final panel Andrew Kelly chairs with Muniya Barua, Diane Coyle, Henri Murison & Darren Jones MP talk about how the next government could “do devolution better” #BristolIdeas

'Because of hugely imbalanced property prices across the country, [council tax] acts as a drag on rebalancing our regional economies and levelling up the areas of the country that need it the most.'

John Stevenson MP in today's The Yorkshire Post👇

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Visitor charges or city taxes are common across the world. One year on this has been a success.

From investing more in cleaning our city centre streets to boosting the economy with major events and attracting more visitors, it’s only right that we’re able to direct this into…

EXC: The Conservatives have made no progress on half the levelling up targets they set for themselves. Part one in our series on how levelling up - which could have been the great project of this parliament - fell flat. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Interesting assessment on the government’s uneven commitment to the levelling up agenda from Kiran Stacey in today's Guardian.

Includes insights from Lord Heseltine, Angela Rayner 🌹, Greg Clark, John Stevenson MP and NPP’s Henri Murison 👇

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🚝With an uncertain future for the Newton Aycliffe Hitachi factory, Henri Murison called for procurements to be organised so that 'there's enough of them and they're spaced out enough' on BBC Look North last night.

Read more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'Real breakthrough' in Manchester Piccadilly underground station plans as government issues update on Northern Powerhouse Rail Manchester News MEN
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Great news for east-west connectivity in the North of England, as government confirms a key section of the Northern Powerhouse Rail route.

Legislative certainty is vital for unlocking private investment 💷

Full statement from Henri Murison 👇

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MD of Manchester Airport Chris Woodroofe stresses the importance of getting our airports to #netzero using sustainable aviation fuels ✈️⛽️

#NTS2024

Manchester Airport David Sidebottom Transport Focus CONNECTING THE DISCONNECTED NORTH ⚡️

with former Transport Sec of State Patrick McLoughlin, NPP’s Henri Murison, our headline sponsors WSP in the UK and chaired by Debbie Francis OBE

#NTS2024 #Transport #Devolution

Looking forward to a great line up of speakers for tomorrow’s Northern Transport Summit at Manchester Airport, including NPP board members Bev Craig, Susan Hinchcliffe, Manchester Airport MD Chris Woodroofe as well as our Chief Executive Henri Murison.

#NTS24

Tremendous to have our friend of the The Northern Powerhouse Partnership Greg Clark and a key architect of city devolution and green growth, meet with our Board this morning.

We will learn the lessons of what has gone well (and plenty has!) and less well and make sure we keep this 'corporate…

🚨 Over two thirds of the 50,000 who voted in this poll answered 'yes' to a council tax revaluation 🚨

Unfair & outdated CT bands mean that Northern households are overpaying by £250 a year on average, according to our modelling with Open Innovations (formerly @ODILeeds) 👇

northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk/northerners-ar…

Tremendous visit to #Sheffield to meet with #SouthYorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard yesterday, to discuss the significant opportunities through their local #industrialstrategy and #advancedmanufacturing . I followed this with a visit to Gripple UK & Ireland, the multi award winning…

Good news for the skills agenda, with government committing to a number of policy asks from our 5-point plan to transform Northern productivity...

✅Businesses can now share up to 50% of unspent funds, up from 25%

✅£60m for 20,000 new apprenticeships

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'Giving money directly to Mayors and the poorest councils would have been a far more cost-effective way of delivering a much bigger impact, in a much shorter time.'

Henri Murison in the The Mirror responding to the PAC's #levellingup report 👇

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The right decision from Tracy For Mayor 🌹.

The deregulated bus market is one of the reasons our labour market is sub-scale - despite the agglomeration potential around Leeds and Bradford in particular.

Good transport links help towns share in the economic success of cities.