Henri Murison

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey

Budget must back business for growth in every postcode - Henri Murison
Fiscal devolution will allow Yorkshire to grow, the Northern Powerhouse Partnership’s Henri Murison says.

Mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith (third left) at No 10 North in Manchester for a meeting of regional mayors from across England, chaired by Communities Secretary Angela Rayner

Regional leaders welcome tourist tax as industry airs concerns

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with Minister for the Cabinet Office Louise Haigh and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey, as he arrives and greets staff at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Picture: James Speakman/The Times/PA Wire

Whitehall officials to be moved into mayor's offices across Yorkshire

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard outside Sheffield rail station, where he criticised rail company EMR. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Mayor says he will keep rail firm's 'feet to the fire' over service cuts

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Credit: PA

Rachel Reeves calls for devolution at a 'greater scale'

A member of HS2 staff walks into the Chilterns tunnel. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

HS2: land value around north's train stations could fund rail projects

Create an Oyster Card for whole of North to boost Olympic bid

Oliver Coppard announced the South Yorkshire People's Network at an event in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire transport vision can bring economic boost

A view of the Humber Bridge. PIC: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Exclusive Humber remains one of UK's most significant industrial areas - report

Pictured Siemens staff working in the components facility, which is part of the rail village. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 2nd October 2024.

There's no need to wait let’s get Hull electric trains - Henri Murison

Giving regions greater autonomy over transport infrastructure spending would speed up growth, a new report has found

Yorkshire's transport infrastructure growth hampered by Treasury, report finds

Rail passengers at Leeds Railway Station. PIC: Simon Hulme

It’s now or never to transform the North’s economy - Henri Murison

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. Picture: Isabel Infantes via Getty

Yorkshire to be hardest hit by new £925 international student levy

CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith delivers a speech during the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Chancellor must not shy away from bold decisions

Britain’s financial services sector saw global sales surge in the third quarter of the year, according to a new study. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Exporters continue to pivot away from the US, says survey

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in a difficult decision partly because of backbench rebellions by left-wing Labour MPs (Picture: Stefan Rousseau)

Rachel Reeves 'remains committed' to Northern Powerhouse Rail

Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, backs the idea of HS2 eastern leg construction starting in Leeds. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Mistake not to announce Northern Powerhouse Rail - Henri Murison

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, speaks during the Reform UK party's annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Reform reveals plans to scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail if it wins next election

School children in a classroom. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

GCSE results bring into focus the erosion of opportunity - Henri Murison

Henri Murison, director at the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Picture Tony Johnson.

Call for targeted innovation funding to unlock economic growth

Reeves to ‘take forward our ambitions’ for Northern Powerhouse Rail
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - the high-speed route between Liverpool and Hull - looks set to be confirmed within weeks, after Rachel Reeves trailed the announcement in the Spending Review.
Ralph Blackburn

Lord Blunkett with Yorkshire's Labour Mayors.

Government can recognise Yorkshire’s potential - Henri Murison

Supporting voices, clockwise from top left, David Hooper, Henri Murison, Jonathan Oxley and Olivia Powis.

Strong support from industry for VPI’s call for clarity on carbon capture projec...

Runners run in the spring sunshine by the Humber Bridge. PIC: Simon Hulme

Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral authority could be most exciting

The Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm is one of Greencoat UK’s three Yorkshire investments.

Wind and solar farms will be approved faster with new grid system

Drax has announced a 20-year agreement with Power Minerals Limited (PML) for a new factory to process millions of tonnes of legacy ash.

Greenhouse gas removals review could boost Drax carbon capture plans

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with members of the media during a visit to Camira Manufacturing Facility in Holmfirth. PIC: Oli Scarff/PA Wire

Prime Minister's train is delayed on Yorkshire visit for rail funds

Rachel Reeves pledges to make UK a 'defence industrial superpower'

Ed Miliband has flown to China on a 10,000 mile round trip.

Miliband: Humber shows net zero is 'economic opportunity of century'

The attack happened in a secluded area hidden by trees near the Humber Bridge

Exclusive Government backs Humber growth zone across estuary after elections

Bridget Phillipson

Huge North-South divide in school attendance 'creating inequalities'

Rachel Reeves and Katie White spoke about the significance of the new National Wealth Fund being based in Leeds during a visit to the Corn Exchange.

Treasury 'Green Book' rules to be reviewed to unlock funding for North
Rachel Reeves is set to review Treasury rules around infrastructure project spending which could unlock billions of pounds of investment for the North.
Ralph Blackburn

'The promise made by Chancellor Rachel Reeves of single settlements will mean that the Metro Mayors of South and West Yorkshire will have more discretion of how the existing money committed for economic development and growth is spent'. PIC: PA

Working together will be the key to devolution in Yorkshire - Henri Murison

Children during a lesson in a school classroom. PIC: Tony Johnson

How the Government can tackle inequality in education - Henri Murison

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (centre) with Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Central to delivering growth will be bridging North-South divide - Henri Murison

Mark Sewards, the new Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley. Credit: Mark Sewards

Exclusive Government urged to base major infractructure unit in Leeds

A Coastliner bus approaches Goathland en route to Whitby

Labour is 'pinching from rural areas' by hiking bus fare cap to £3

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to deliver her autumn Budget at the end of October

Analysis Yorkshire to benefit as Rachel Reeves changes fiscal rules for Budget

Conservative Party leadership candidate James Cleverly went down a storm in the room.

Exclusive James Cleverly says levelling up should move away from 'subsidies'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire, during a meeting with English regional mayors, at No 10 Downing Street. Credit: Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/PA Wire

Exclusive Metro mayors to be given major new planning power by Sir Keir Starmer

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner in central London. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

What devolution in Hull & East Yorkshire means for the region - Henri Murison

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Exclusive Labour urged to introduce £49-a-month rail pass to reduce inequalities

GB Energy is chaired by Juergen Maier, who ran Siemens here in the UK. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Avoid mistakes of the past during the Net Zero transition - Henri Murison

Labour wants to nationalise train operators like LNER. Credit: PA

Labour makes rail nationalisation one of main priorities of new Parliament

Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Rachel Reeves casts doubt over future of Sunak's Network North transport plan

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks to media during her visit to the Oval Village project after announcing planning reforms. Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire

Rachel Reeves risks 'undermining' green belt with planning reforms

George Osborne at AMRC in Sheffield in 2015. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

The devolution genie is out of the bottle - Henri Murison

The National Infrastructure Commission have said a "do nothing" scenario north of Handsacre Junction, Staffordshire where HS2 is now planned to stop is "not sustainable".

Time running out to build the infrastructure we need, government advisors warn

The City of York Council executive team

How York council’s funding has declined since 2010

Labour MP and Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier introduces witnesses appearing before the committee at the House of Commons, London, after the influential parliamentary committee said public "bickering" between Theresa May and the NHS over funding at a time when the health service is facing severe financial problems is an "insult to taxpayers"

MPs find 'no compelling evidence' of levelling up funding achieving anything

Cabinet minister Michael Gove will be speaking at the Convention of the North. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Government's lack of ambition for the North is clear

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a cabinet meeting at Siemens Mobility factory in Goole, Yorkshire. PIC: Paul Ellis/PA Wire

Rehashing transport investment announcements won’t wash with voters in Yorkshire

Passengers at Bradford Forster Square railway station. PIC: James Hardisty

Time for the Government to start building NPR - 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

Breaking 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

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