The Resolution Foundation’s Stagnation Nation report of December 2023 runs to nearly 300pp. It may help guide Government policy ahead. Little has changed in terms of the national economic outlook since it was released 6 months ago.
Transport has an … Read more › “From Resolution to Action”
The Department for Transport is consulting on climate change adaptation and the approach it wants to see the transport sector follow. Greengauge 21 believes that the DfT’s proposed approach misses an essential need of an adaptation strategy.
While resilience is … Read more › “Why the nation needs a climate change adaptation strategy for transport”
For 15 years, a Government consensus held. The West Coast Main Line was the priority corridor for capacity relief in the form of HS2.
Now, with the section across Cheshire abandoned and completion to Euston fogged by the miasma of … Read more › “West Coast Lessons”
In this general election year, this question needs to be raised. Is rail still regarded favourably?
I was once told by Tim Yeo MP that there are 150 parliamentary constituencies for whom commuting by rail really matters, coming up routinely … Read more › “Is rail still important?”
