NEW: "If government is serious about lifting up left behind communities, it must commit to building the Eastern Leg of HS2". Lilian Greenwood says it will deliver the rail network, jobs and regeneration the Midlands needs to rebound from Covid-19 politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Good to hear Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE restate Government's commitment to the Eastern Leg of HS2 in response to Darren Henry's presentation in Westminster Hall. We need it to go ahead, in full.

MPs push for promise to deliver eastern leg of HS2 'on time, in full, and at the same time as the western leg' in levelling up commitment yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…

Yesterday's Westminster Hall Debate saw Lilian Greenwood outline why Toton was selected as HS2's East Midlands Hub, over other options including East Midlands Parkway. The evidence was as clear then as it is now: more jobs, more homes, more regeneration.

Great to see cross party support for HS2 East & the #HS2 East Midlands Hub to be #Toton Backed by others across #Nottingham & #Notts as well as in #Yorkshire #Leeds at Westminster Hall debate I organised this week #LevellingUp cannot be done in part; it must be done in full

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Strong The Yorkshire Post today @cllrjudithblake on need for HS2's eastern leg “The proposal is nothing short of a betrayal of millions of people. We will be holding government to account to ensure the North and Midlands get what we were promised, what we need and what we deserve.”

The Institute for High-Speed Rail & System Integration is also a game-changer at local and regional level, because of the many skilled jobs and opportunities it will create and the major economic benefits it will bring.

Positive news for the Leeds City Region. We need HS2 East alongside Northern Powerhouse Rail and improvements to the conventional network to realise our ambitions.

Today, nearly 120 business leaders- from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies- have written to the PM from the Connecting Britain campaign demanding the full delivery of the Eastern leg of #HS2. (Thread: 1/5)

Watch Lynda Shillaw of @HarworthGroup talking to @IanKingSky @SkyIanKingLive on the strength of feeling from North & Midlands business leaders. #ConnectingBritain #LevelUptheNorth #LevelUptheMidlands (1/2)

Scrapping Yorkshire leg of HS2 would leave your levelling-up ambitions 'in tatters', business leaders warn Boris Johnson yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…

#HS2 and #NorthernPowerhouseRail, delivered together in full, would tackle head-on the productivity gap between the North and the South. It would stimulate the economy for communities in the North and unlock private sector #investment. #connectivity #LevelUp

📹Watch our new video. The Eastern leg of #HS2 is at risk. Economic growth and recovery is being held back by uncertainty. Delivering it in full with transform the economy of the North & Midlands. #ConnectingBritain #LevelUptheNorth #LevelUptheMidlands

The Eastern leg of #HS2 raised again at #PMQs, this time by NE MP @IanMearnsMP “It is crucial that the Eastern leg of HS2 goes ahead not just for Yorkshire and the East Midlands, but also for the North East. 📹Watch here 👇

🚄For high speed connectivity between Birmingham, the East Midlands, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Leeds and beyond 💪For no half-measures, no downgrading, but a railway fit for the next century #ithas2bToton

👇The full delivery of the Eastern leg of #HS2 needs the East Midlands Hub at Toton For a complete #HS2 network that boosts our recovery from COVID #ithas2bToton #LevelUptheNorth #LevelUptheMidlands

Important article on the Eastern leg of #HS2 from North and Midlands MPs @PaulHowellMP & Heather Wheeler in ConservativeHome “We must continue with this once in a generation investment into UK plc." "It is time to build back better.” conservativehome.com/platform/2021/…

#HS2 up again at #PMQs just before #Budget2021, this time by Mike Kane MP who highlights the increased capacity #HS2 will bring to services in the North. Spades in the ground as soon as possible is important for #HS2 in the west & the east #LevelUptheNorth #LevelUptheMidlands

The #BuildBackBetter Plan for growth published alongside #Budget today updates on timing for the upcoming Integrated Rail Plan for the #North & #Midlands assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… #LevelUptheNorth #LevelUptheMidlands