Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak[1] axed HS2[2] north of Birmingham today, claiming it would free up £36 billion to spend on other transport projec…
The Prime Minister has committed to £36bn for “hundreds” of new transport projects across the country after scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 line.
The PM said more than £6bn of the money saved would be used for transport projects …
Last minute lobbying by the industry led by West Midlands mayor Andy Street fell on deaf ears today as the prime minister officially pulled the plug on the rest of HS2.
The stretch from London to Brimingham will continue with Rishi Sunak pledging that …
Rishi Sunak unveiled today unveiled plans for a new ‘network north’ which he claimed would improve connectivity in the region – after scrapping the northern section of HS2.[1]
After weeks of speculation, Mr Sunak used his keynote speech at the Conserva…
SCOTLAND’S new Transport Minister is being urged to become directly involved in progressing improvements to the A75 and A77.
Alister Jack MP, who represents Dumfries and Galloway constituency, has written to Kevin Stewart to congratulate him on his app…
DUALLING the region’s A77/A75 trunk roads would bring £5bn of “positive benefits” to the UK economy, according to a new report.
Those would range from reduced journey times and vehicle operating costs (£700 million), to combined CO2e savings of around …