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HS2 high-speed trains may not reach Euston until around 2040

Transport Secretary Mark Harper promises to ‘prioritise’ first stage between Birmingham and new station at Old Oak Common

Evening Standard

Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak gives his own wealthy constituency £19m to 'level-up'

The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas

Daily Mirror

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Fear of more train chaos in North when timetables change

A number of routes which suffered cuts earlier this year will get more trains scheduled.

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Guardian - UK

UK 'must capture the carbon capture supply chain' to make race to Net Zero a true success story

Northern Powerhouse boss calls for strategy to ensure Humber's solution isn't purely a 'quick' win for Net Zero as needs laid out by refinery chief

Birmingham Post

North outperforms rest of country in attracting foreign investment

Report from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership highlights big rise in overseas investments, which have helped to create tens of thousands of jobs

Birmingham Post

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GCSE results expose 'gaping' north-south divide - see difference in your area

'These results suggest the government has not just failed the north of England, but systematically failed many of the poorest children in our country', an expert declared

Daily Mirror

GCSE results expected to confirm widening of north-south attainment gap

Tory leadership candidates called on to commit to fixing growing regional disparities in education

The Guardian - UK

Northerners earn £8,404 less despite years of Tory promises to 'level-up'

The figures were revealed to the Mirror by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership as the Conservative Party leadership hustings roll into the heart of the Red Wall

Daily Mirror

£3bn devolution deal for North East mayor and 17,000 new jobs is 'in national interest'

Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, says the ambitious package would "build a better future for Blaydon to Berwick, Hendon to Heaton”

Chronicle Live

Eight years since George Osborne's 'Northern Powerhouse' speech... and business leaders still fighting for the railway he promised

“The Government isn’t doing just one thing to upset businesses in Greater Manchester - first it cut NPR to Leeds, now the HS2 station at Piccadilly and the station at the airport."

Manchester Evening News

Best academy trusts would not go north, says Northern Powerhouse chief

The best multi-academy trusts would find the North ‘too hot’ for their reputations, says an expert.

The Independent UK

‘An outrage’: Tories’ post-Brexit fund will not match EU grants until 2025

Shared Prosperity Fund criticised as ‘serious blow to levelling up’, with poorest regions predicted to lose out on millions

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Tories 'failing our children' as 'shocking' North-South divide in access to A-Levels revealed

A Northern Agenda investigation reveals the areas where there is no access to A-Level courses

Birmingham Post

Northern businesses unite to provide jobs and support for Ukraine refugees

The United For Ukraine website provides a searchable list of job vacancies

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