Yorkshire Post 16th January 2018 “Former Chancellor George Osborne described the report as “historic day” for the Northern Powerhouse, the concept he introduced while in government to bridge the economic gap between the North and South. He said: “Implementing the Transport for the North plan in full would give the people of the North the modern, fit-for-purpose transport system they so badly need. The emphasis is now on government to ensure they act decisively and efficiently to carry out the recommendations made – the North is watching and waiting.”
The report was launched at events around the North, including one at telecoms firm aql in Leeds. But all did not go to plan at the launch event in Hull, with former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott reportedly storming out while shouting “it’s a bloody fraud”. He later told the BBC: “It was promised to have statutory powers to let the North decide its powers, now we know it will have no powers. It can talk to the Treasury along with the statutory bodies but it can’t make decisions, it doesn’t get any money. It is a bloody fraud.”
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as ‘revolutionary’ 30-year Yorkshire transport vision is unveiledRead more at: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-north-is-watching-ex-chancellor-s-warning-to-government-as-revolutionary-30-year-yorkshire-transport-vision-is-unveiled-1-8960143Former Chancellor George Osborne described the report as “historic day” for the Northern Powerhouse, the concept he introduced while in government to bridge the economic gap between the North and South. He said: “Implementing the Transport for the North plan in full would give the people of the North the modern, fit-for-purpose transport system they so badly need. The emphasis is now on government to ensure they act decisively and efficiently to carry out the recommendations made – the North is watching and waiting.”The report was launched at events around the North, including one at telecoms firm aql in Leeds. But all did not go to plan at the launch event in Hull, with former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott reportedly storming out while shouting “it’s a bloody fraud”. He later told the BBC: “It was promised to have statutory powers to let the North decide its powers, now we know it will have no powers. It can talk to the Treasury along with the statutory bodies but it can’t make decisions, it doesn’t get any money. It is a bloody fraud.”Read more here.
as ‘revolutionary’ 30-year Yorkshire transport vision is unveiledRead more at: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-north-is-watching-ex-chancellor-s-warning-to-government-as-revolutionary-30-year-yorkshire-transport-vision-is-unveiled-1-8960143
Former Chancellor George Osborne described the report as “historic day” for the Northern Powerhouse, the concept he introduced while in government to bridge the economic gap between the North and South. He said: “Implementing the Transport for the North plan in full would give the people of the North the modern, fit-for-purpose transport system they so badly need. The emphasis is now on government to ensure they act decisively and efficiently to carry out the recommendations made – the North is watching and waiting.”Read more at: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-north-is-watching-ex-chancellor-s-warning-to-government-as-revolutionary-30-year-yorkshire-transport-vision-is-unveiled-1-8960143
