News / Transport

TUC and NPP call for new “cross-party consensus” on infrastructure investment 

14.11.23 A joint statement from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and Trades Union Congress Transport infrastructure is the backbone of...

Read more

Delivering value for money on HS2

12.04.23 In February 2020, the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed to building Northern Powerhouse Rail across the Pennines...

Read more

North and South agree: we have to build HS2 from Euston to Manchester

28.03.23 By John Dickie and Henri Murison, chief executives of BusinessLDN and the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Standing at the...

Read more

‘Second-class’ rail investment for the north, as government publishes IRP

19.11.21 Yesterday the government published its much-anticipated Integrated Rail Plan and confirmed that the eastern leg of HS2 will...

Read more

Northern Powerhouse Rail could boost economy by £22bn in next three decades

12.10.21 One key section of Northern Powerhouse Rail alone could deliver a £22bn boost to the Northern economy by...

Read more

Northern business leaders frustrated on continued delay to IRP

14.07.21 More than 50 northern business leaders have written to the Prime Minister to express their “concern and frustration...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

Why high-speed rail is critical to decarbonising our transport system

19.11.20 By Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership One of the main misconceptions about HS2 is that...

Read more

Get involved...

There are a number of ways you can help drive forward the Northern Powerhouse agenda.

Get involved

Our Members

Working with businesses and organisations across the North