Tag: Paul Lakin

The Government must resist the widening, and therefore dilution, of the Northern Powerhouse beyond Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield

The Government’s policy for the creation of a “Northern Powerhouse” has received much comment, with the idea taking its first hit when the government announced that it would delay the promised introduction of new electric trains on key routes. Here, Paul Lakin argues that despite this, there is much potential for the idea – but that […]