New concern over HS2 leg to Leeds
Ministers are preparing to publish the Integrated Rail Plan, which will set out the Government s train line priorities
12 May 2021 • 6:08am
Ministers will press ahead with the western portion of HS2 which will link Manchester to the capital in a new bill unveiled alongside today s speech setting out the Government s agenda.
However, no reference was made to legislation for the more expensive and complicated Phase 2b of the project, due to stretch up to Leeds from a fork in the line at Birmingham.
Tim Wood, boss of Transport for the North, said: “It is essential now that the North gets certainty on the delivery of HS2 Phase 2b in full, on both sides of the Pennines, so that our communities are fully connected to the nation’s high-speed network.
By Joey Gardiner2021-05-11T07:25:00+01:00
Industry welcomes announcement of bill amid reports government is keen to deregulate
Housebuilding industry figures have welcomed the government’s decision to press ahead with a root and branch shake-up of the planning system as part of the forthcoming planning bill announced in today’s Queen’s Speech.
The bill, which is now expected to be brought before Parliament in the autumn, is being designed to enact planning reforms trailed in last summer’s planning white paper, in which prime minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to “level the foundations” of planning and create an entirely new system.
By Joey Gardiner 2021-05-11T07:40:00+01:00
Planning deregulatation said to be key Conservative electoral strategy
Housebuilding industry figures have welcomed the government’s apparent decision to press ahead with a root-and-branch shake-up of the planning system ahead of the expected inclusion of a forthcoming planning bill in the Queen’s Speech later today.
The bill, which is expected to be brought before Parliament in the autumn, is being designed to enact planning reforms trailed in last summer’s planning white paper, in which prime minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to “level the foundations” of planning and create an entirely new system.
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