Political & business leaders making the positive case for why the North, Midlands and UK Plc need the Eastern leg of HS2 as an integral part of High Speed North
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🧵In advance of this week's long promised Integrated Rail Plan for the North & Midlands, a reminder of @BorisJohnson & govt's repeated commitments
1. In Feb last year, the #PM made a firm promise to build #HS2 in full- including the eastern leg from Leeds to Birmingham.
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As @grantshapps is about to speak on Integrated Rail Plan for the North & Midlands, a reminder of the key benefits of full delivery of the Eastern leg of #HS2
👷♀️150,000 new jobs;
📈13 million people connected
💺576,000 extra seats a day
📹Live at parliamentlive.tv/Commons
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📹The Eastern leg of #HS2 & tomorrow's delayed Integrated Rail Plan for the North & Midlands a big deal at #PMQs again today. @BorisJohnson confirms is definitely happening tomorrow
More here👇with @Keir_Starmer & @BorisJohnson
ICYMI: 📹 @MayorOfWY @TracyBrabin on @Channel4News last night on tomorrows expected publication of the government's plan for rail in the North & Midlands.
channel4.com/news/government…
.@kevinhollinrake & Robert Goodwill MP on the crucial importance of the Eastern leg of #HS2 to the North & Midlands
Key benefits of full delivery:
👷♀️150,000 new jobs;
📈13 million people connected
💺576,000 extra seats a day capacity
#LevellingUp
dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Ex DG of the @britishchambers @AJBMarshall shows how strong the business support is for the Eastern leg of #HS2
In Feb this year nearly 120 business leaders- from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies- wrote to the PM from the Connecting Britain campaign demanding full delivery
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Southern & Scottish newspapers should be expressing the same anger.
Future govts will come to regret short-sighted mothballing of #HS2 eastern leg.
news.sky.com/story/hs2-north…
HS2: Northern newspapers unite as part of backlash against Boris Johnson's scaling back of rail projects
5. At PMQs on 27/1/20 in answer to @Pauline_Latham
“Well, my Honourable friend is absolutely right- and she is right to be militating for the Eastern leg of HS2”
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6. At PMQs on 10/2/21 in answer to @IanMearnsMP
“I can certainly confirm that we are going to develop the Eastern leg as well as the whole of HS2 and he’ll be hearing a lot more about what we’re going to do with our National Infrastructure Revolution”
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Brilliant video from the @NorthernAgenda_ & titles across the North
Full delivery of the Eastern leg of #HS2 is a once-in-a-generation chance to transform connectivity, attract investment, create new jobs, build new homes, boost skills and opportunity across the North & Midlands
With the Government unveiling its rail vision this week, we hope this video and our campaign will give Boris Johnson and his Ministers some food for thought
thenorthernagenda.co.uk
.@kevinhollinrake tells @GHRYorksCoast that any scaling back of the Eastern leg of #HS2 & #NPR would be a big mistake
More here 👇
planetradio.co.uk/greatest-h…
Today the North once again calls on government to deliver on its rail promises.
Ahead of this week's Integrated Rail Plan for the North & Midlands, Northern news titles call on @BorisJohnson @RishiSunak @michaelgove @grantshapps to deliver what was promised.
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Choose the North: It's time for the Government to deliver on its rail promises examinerlive.co.uk/news/loca…
A real strategic plan means the government keeping promises to build HS2 to the North, in full, including the Eastern leg - so Yorkshire and the east of the country isn't left behind once again, and making more room for local commuter connections on our existing rails.
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Brilliant stuff from our regional journalists
@RobParsonsNorth @leedslive @yorkshirelive @MENnewsdesk @JenWilliamsMEN @NorthernAgenda_ @ChronicleLive @GazetteBoro @TheJournalNews @huddersfieldlive
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Important intervention from @TracyBrabin ahead of the expected Integrated Rail Plan this week 👇
Full delivery of the eastern leg of #HS2 will transform our economy:
👷♀️150,000 new jobs
📈13 million people connected
💺576,000 extra seats a day to reduce local overcrowding
My open letter to the PM ahead of the Integrated Rail Plan: please keep your promises to the North. @10DowningStreet
➡️westyorks-ca.gov.uk/all-news…
.@MayorOfWY @TracyBrabin to @BorisJohnson on his promises ahead of this week's expected Integrated Rail Plan for the North & Midlands
Remember- we need the capacity from the Eastern leg of #HS2 (from both longer 400m trains and new rail lines) to delivery better local services
West Yorkshire Mayor @TracyBrabin writes to Boris Johnson on his plans for rail in the North: "The Government has a choice to make. It can choose to unlock the potential of the North, or it can let us down once again, limiting your levelling up ambitions."
