North West in the UK’s top three regions for foreign direct investment

07.06.21 The North West’s attractiveness as an investment destination has grown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now...

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Mayoral Elections 2021: Why they matter

On Thursday 6th May 2021, voters in seven city regions – West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the Tees Valley, the...

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Whitehall must give power to regions or admit levelling up means nothing

04.05.21 By Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership In March, Greater Manchester (where I grew up),...

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Plans unveiled for Northern Powerhouse Rail station in Bradford

22.03.21 Leader of Bradford Council Susan Hinchcliffe has announced plans for a new Northern Powerhouse Rail station in the city...

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Why we can’t afford to write Bradford out of Northern Powerhouse Rail

26.03.21 by Tom Bridges, Arup Leeds Office & UK Cities Advisory Leader and board representative to the Northern Powerhouse...

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Community needs to be at the heart of ‘levelling-up’

01.04.21 By Debbie Francis, City Executive for the North at Arcadis and board representative to the Northern Powerhouse Partnership The spread of...

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Government’s ‘tunnel vision’ in education is failing to help children in deprived areas, shadow schools minister warns

11.03.21 The shadow minister for schools has warned that the government’s “tunnel vision” in education is failing to help...

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Budget 2021: economic analysis

05.03.21 By Andrew McPhillips, Chief Economist at the Northern Powerhouse Partnership On the surface, this week’s Budget appeared fairly...

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Real devolution needs grown-ups in the driving seat

09.02.21 By Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership The campaign for a Mayor in West Yorkshire has...

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Northern business leaders call for full delivery of HS2

05.02.21 Over 100 major business leaders from across the North and Midlands have written to the Prime Minister ahead of the Integrated Rail Plan to get...

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