Secretary of State – 8th June Social media has improved our lives in so many ways. But it has also taught us that having easy access to a vast supply of information doesn’t necessarily make us better informed. The internet is awash with false claims and inaccurate stories which people believe if they read them […]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps: 2 July, 2021 By the end of the 1970s, the UK car industry was in a mess. Constant strikes, woeful build quality and the nationalisation of British Leyland had all but destroyed our reputation as a global automotive leader. For each day that German carmakers lost to industrial action, […]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps: 4 June, 2021 It is unsurprising that HS2 has a much higher media profile than the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). In fact, if you Google HS2, you’ll generate thirteen times more online search results than Transpennine. And yet, for the many Northern communities it serves, the TRU remains a critically […]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps: 20 March, 2021 When the UK team rode into the Olympic stadium in Beijing to take on the torch in 2008, their steed was a bright red double-decker bus. This everyday vehicle, both beautiful and practical, is an icon of modern Britain. Buses are the workhorses of our public […]
Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps: 5 March, 2021 If anyone still doubted the Government’s determination to deliver on our promises to the North and level up the UK economy, then I hope this week’s Budget has persuaded them of our intent. The measures announced by the Chancellor – including the first […]
Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps: 19 February, 2021 Britain may have been in lockdown for much of the past year, but it’s been full steam ahead for HS2. After the new railway was given the green light by the Government last February, an army of more than 15,000 workers and more […]
Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps: 5 February 2021. The North East can be proud of the role it is playing in the battle to defeat Covid. Not only is it home to the UK’s first integrated Covid hub in Gateshead, which has dramatically increased testing capacity, it is now playing a lead role […]
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps: 1 December 2020. The inspiration for the Northern Powerhouse, when the name was first coined in 2014, was to create a new industrial revolution in the north, addressing the prosperity divide across the UK, generating millions of jobs in modern industries, and allowing the North of England to […]