Henri Murison

Keane Duncan

Tory mayoral candidate for North Yorkshire makes bus franchising pledge

A fundraising pot for free school meals will be set up by the council

Yorkshire council sets up £100,000 fundraising pot to pay for free school meals

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Pete Kilbane. Pic: City of York Council.

Scrapping of the second leg of HS2 will have “serious implications for capacity"

Experts have said that in breaking the promise of HS2 to Manchester, the damage done to the Government's relationship with business and commuters in particular will be politically catastrophic

More broken promises for the so-called Northern Powerhouse

The Labour Party in York has been accused of watering down its free school meals pledge (Credit: Getty Images)

Labour accused of ‘watering down’ free school meal pledge in York

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

HS2 wasn’t just about speed but also about capacity - Yorkshire Post Letters

Henri Murison is chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. PIC: Tony Johnson.

There's still time to get HS2 back on track - Henri Murison

An image of an early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

HS2 farce highlights the Government’s indecisiveness - The YP says

An image of an early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

HS2: Government told to take responsibility for ‘scandalous’ mismanagement

Sir Martyn Oliver of Outwood Grange Academy Trust has been reported to be the next chief inspector of Ofsted.

'Severe concerns' about Yorkshire academy boss lined up for top Ofsted job

Passengers have been told there will be no TransPennine Express services running during the strikes

TransPennine Express warns passengers that no services are running today

Dr Diana Taylor, Managing Director of Future Humber, and Henri Murison, Chief Executive of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, at the Humber Pavilion at the Innovation Zero Congress. Picture: Neil Holmes

Plans to create tens of thousands of jobs around Humber estuary under spotlight

TransPennine Express passengers have been forced to endure months of severe disruption, as the operator has cancelled thousands of services

Union locked in dispute with TransPennine Express told ‘stalemate cannot go on’

A few visitors to Scarborough enjoying the bright sunny Spring Day by walking and playing with their families on the beach during the start of the Easter Holidays. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 3rd April 2023.

£1 tourism tax on Yorkshire hotels, Airbnbs and B&Bs 'could raise £37.9m'

A general view of Drax's power station in Selby. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Why has Grant Shapps rejected Drax’s £2bn carbon capture scheme? - Jayne Dowle

ABINGDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, is shown robotics by an apprentice during a visit to the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, on on March 30, 2023 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, for a discussion on energy security and net zero. (Photo by Jacob King - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Drax warned it will not get preferential treatment after project rejected

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Now is the time to put an end to the HS2 scheme once and for all - YP Letters

The Colne Valley Viaduct will carry the High Speed 2 railway over the Colne Valley Regional Park, in Hillingdon, west London. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

We need to press ahead with HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail - The YP says

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, hold drills during a visit to University College London (UCL) earlier this week.

No new tax powers for councils under Labour, says Rachel Reeves

Labour recently unveiled their devolution proposals in Leeds.

Devolution can finally let the North 'take back control': Henri Murison
Could the North finally be starting to take back control? No, I don’t mean Brexit (but more on that later) – I mean devolution. For many years devolution was rarely discussed outside local government. Recently, however, something has shifted.

Plans for the ‘Innovation Village’–- a new city centre science park in Leeds – will help to create 4,000 new jobs, according to the latest independent forecast by PwC.

Around 4,000 jobs set to be created in Leeds at new city centre science park

The moment Bradford found out that it had been awarded 'City of Culture 2025' in Centenary Square. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Arts Council funding represents a vote of confidence in region - Henri Murison

Ben Staniforth

Why mainstream house prices are set to fall by 10 per cent next year

Councillor James Lewis (right) and Darren Smith of Global Shares (left) cut the ribbon on the new office. Picture: Jonathan Pow/jp@jonathanpow.com

JP Morgan's investment in Leeds hailed as Global Shares office opens

Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke said the investment zones will “deliver growth and jobs”

Low tax investment zones must not be used to 'steal businesses from the North'

Passengers board trains at Leeds train station.

Frustrations mount over delays to promised study on bringing HS2 trains to Leeds

Anti fracking campaigners in Kirby Misperton. PIC: Richard Ponter

Fracking in Yorkshire is a failure to recognise green potential - The YP says

York Council leader Coun Keith Aspden at proposed devolution deal launch

Devolution deal for North Yorkshire and York could prove 'among the best'

New Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Liz Truss

Liz Truss signals that levelling up will be put on the backburner

Schools will be hit be rising energy bills. Pic: David Jones/PA Wire

Energy bills are the elephant in the room for schools - Yorkshire Post Letters

Regional disparities between London and Yorkshire widened in this year's GCSE results.

GCSE results in the North were a report card on this Government - Henri Murison
Five years ago I walked into the office in Parliament of the former Chancellor, Rt Hon George Osborne and his former ministerial colleague Lord Jim O’Neill, to pitch for the job I still have today – running the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.

GCSE students will be getting their results this week.

What needs to change to bridge regional inequalities in education - Jayne Dowle

Rishi Sunak is vying to become the next Prime Minister.

Taking money away from urban areas isn't levelling up - Henri Murison

The former Chancellor bragged that he had started changing public funding formulas to ensure more prosperous towns receive “the funding they deserve”.

Rishi Sunak 'boasts' about diverting funds from ‘deprived' towns and cities

Henri Murison

Great Northern Conference set for November date in Manchester

The Majestic is the home of Channel 4 in Leeds.

What would the privatisation of Channel 4 mean for levelling up - Henri Murison

Cities like Leeds were part of the Northern Powerhouse vision.

Northern Powerhouse eight years on: Time for bold new ideas - Henri Murison

Rishi Sunak. Picture: Getty.

Key information missing over North Yorkshire devolution - Yorkshire Post Letters

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been criticised for pressing ahead with plans to sell Channel 4

Government ‘could face legal challenge’ over plans to sell Channel 4

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London.

Queen's Speech had 'almost nothing' for families struggling with cost of living

Councillors who will sit on the new North Yorkshire Council are being urged to back the introduction of a new regional mayor as part of devolution plans.

Why North Yorkshire and York needs new mayor to unlock extra powers and funding

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with Stuart Crooks Managing Director Hinkley Point C, during a visit to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station construction site in Somerset.

Base new Great British Nuclear body in the North, Boris Johnson urged

The new drones hub is planned for Leeds Bradford Airport.

Plans for new drones hub launched at Leeds Bradford Airport

Leeds Bradford Airport

Leeds Bradford Airport scraps plans for new terminal building plan

Henri Murison - director - Northern Powerhouse Partnership.

Levelling up 'will fail without the Northern Powerhouse'

HS2 is once again in the spotlight.

Business and political leaders unite to demand Yorkshire leg of HS2 is built

Former Archbishop of York speaking at the inaugural Great Northern Conference.
Pic by Tony Johnson.

The Great Northern Conference to return this autumn, here's all you need to know

The Times Education Commission, which will run until next summer, met for the first time to collect evidence, in Bradford yesterday, Wednesday, July 7. Photo credit: PA

Yorkshire education leaders call on Government to back pioneering commission

The Department for Education has been accused of failing to rise to the challenge of raising attainment in the North of England, by education and business leaders in Yorkshire. Photo credit: PA

New Eton schools won't solve education gap in the North, says education leaders

Pictured, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. Mr Williamson yesterday pledged no child will be “left behind” as he visited Bradford, amid mounting criticism over the funding for the schools catch-up plan and a lack of opportunity for young people across the region. Photo credit: John Sibley - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Gavin Williamson ducks questions on school catch-up funds during Yorkshire visit

Northern leaders had been expecting to find out in the IRP how the Eastern leg of the controversial HS2 high speed route through Yorkshire would fit in with schemes like Northern Powerhouse Rail, which connects the major cities of the North. Pic: PA

Exclusive: Government high speed rail vision delayed until after local elections

West Yorkshire will elect its first metro mayor in May.

Region’s rich rewards if power heads North – Henri Murison

Boris Johnson hailed the approval of Phase 2a as "a landmark moment in our infrastructure revolution". Pic: PA

Cancelling Yorkshire leg of HS2 ' like relegating Leeds United to Championship'

Northern business and education leaders are calling for "urgent action" from Government to give the most vulnerable children the best secondary education.

Call to level the playing field for school children as disadvantage gap grows

Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after PMQs. Photo: PA

Boris Johnson reiterates commtiment to eastern leg of HS2

What will the Spending Review mean for towns like Barnsley?

Northern towns need more than tokenism – Sir Stephen Houghton

Commissioned by Drax Group, a founding member of the Zero Carbon Humber partnership, the new report evaluated the socio-economic potential large-scale deployment of cutting-edge green energy technologies would have on the region and the UK.Photo credit: Getty images

Yorkshire set for 49,000 green energy jobs boost to aid coronavirus slump

A new report has today warned that schools in the North would see big improvements in their rankings if government league tables took pupils’ background into account when measuring their progress. Photo credit: PA

League tables "punish" wrong secondary schools, says Northern education leaders

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme.

Furlough extension alone won’t save businesses – Yorkshire Post Letters