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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 17
Read @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lord Jim O’Neill on Manchester - the productivity growth capital of Britain by @rjpartington.bsky.social
henrimurison.bsky.social
Thanks to Helen Fielding in @theguardian.com of making the case for her home town of #Leeds & wider #North.

“The north-south divide in Britain is much bigger than in most westernised countries.”

Clearly @joshhalliday.bsky.social & colleagues influence on wider paper knows no bounds
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Read the @the-independent.com @caitlindoherty.bsky.social for exclusive on letter from business groups on international students levy including @businessldn.bsky.social @np-partnership.bsky.social @ukmusic.bsky.social @techuk.bsky.social to Chancellor

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Henri Murison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, one of the signatories of the letter, said that international students are “central” to the economies of cities like Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle. “They support local businesses, create jobs, and help sustain our universities, which are key to city regions productivity growth,” he said. The proposed levy risks pulling the rug out from under one of the few areas where the northern growth corridor currently outperforms its competitors globally.” John Dickie, chief executive of Business LDN which represents firms including Deloitte and Uber, said that scrapping the levy would “support growth and the UK’s international competitiveness”.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Live weather report

#StormClaudia in the #Pennines is very rainy

Thanks to @northernrail.bsky.social keeping the #North moving even with the disruption
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
About to leave #Brisbane to return home via #Sydney

They are seven years away from hosting @brisbane2032.bsky.social & I wish the organisers all the very best
October 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
So am in #Queensland following Australia British Infrastructure catalyst before returning to #Sydney & trying some of public transport in advance of huge improvements planned before @brisbane2032.bsky.social

Just arrived #SunshineCoast via very scenic @queenslandrail.bsky.social #translink
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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theipaper.com
The Government will not announce the investment in rail infrastructure Burnham has been calling for at Labour's party conference

➡️ Read more: trib.al/bJ9bZxB
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
Very grateful to @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social for fab newsletter today: www.ft.com/content/ad1c...
Andy Burnham’s two-horse act faces a big jump
Even mayor’s opponents are leaning into his populist touch but the stakes on a national platform are much higher
www.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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christophe-read.bsky.social
Money alone is not the solution to all our ills. But without clear change, those ills will get much worse. A funding settlement that strengthens local government in poorer northern communities - as we have been promised - is essential to that change.

inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour 'risks losing election to Reform' if it scraps Red Wall council funding plan
A Labour local government chief has warned that Angela Rayner's plans to redistribute Whitehall funding to councils in the Midlands and northern England are at risk
inews.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Unfortunately for Richard Tice he is talking out of his hat as trams for #ManchesterAirport at #NPR station designed by last govt

@np-partnership.bsky.social support
@bevcraig.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
speaking up for #North

Reform would cut investment here in #North
theipaper.com The i Paper @theipaper.com · Sep 12
Richard Tice insists Reform is 'pro rail' but says major infrastructure projects should be built 'in the right place'

➡️ Read more: trib.al/Z4dhpDb
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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christophe-read.bsky.social
Off to the AMP this morning to see @henrimurison.bsky.social and Northern Powerhouse Partnership colleagues to talk about how far the Rotherham economy has come - and what’s next.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Why Rotherham's recovery is only just beginning: Chris Read
Forty years ago, the site that is now Rotherham’s Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) was home to a very different story. In 1984, Orgreave was the scene of one of the most bitter and violent clashes of...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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jpspencer.bsky.social
A huge majority of people think we need to invest in the Northern rail schemes that have been in development for years.

This includes 55% of Reform voters who don’t agree with their party’s new stance.
yougov.co.uk YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Sep 9
69% of Northerners - and 62% of Britons - back the construction of new high-speed railways between northern cities in principle, amid Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice saying his party would axe such schemes

North of England
Support: 69%
Oppose: 16%

All Britons
Support: 62%
Oppose: 19%
September 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Wrote for the @yorkshirepost.co.uk this weekend on #GCSE results & how Boris Johnson govt failing to listen to @annelongfield.bsky.social to pay up on education recovery has made divides in outcomes for long term disadvantaged, including white children even worse

www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire...
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August 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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andyburnham.bsky.social
We are proud of what GM has achieved in the first decade of devolution.👇🏻

But we’ve had to fight for it and every scrap of investment.

Imagine what more the North could be if backed with the same investment in infrastructure as others parts of the UK! 🤔
August 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Read @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lord Jim O’Neill on Manchester - the productivity growth capital of Britain by @rjpartington.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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n8research.bsky.social
Pleasing to see further follow up to last month's #GlobalTalentFund announcement and the remarkable manner in which the North's universities were overlooked.

Read our full response here: www.n8research.org.uk/n8-responds-...
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund
Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Read @joshhalliday.bsky.social @theguardian.com for how @ukri.org process awarding #GlobalTalentFund fell short by being arbitrary & inconsistent, leading to them failing to support #NorthEngland

Analysis @np-partnership.bsky.social & @chionwurah.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund
Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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christophe-read.bsky.social
A year on from the Manvers rioting, I spoke to @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social about where we are now - the flashpoint rightly removed, but the atmosphere more poisonous. An asylum system that works well would be part of the “hard edged fairness” that restores public confidence and undermines extremism.
One year on: UK communities count the cost of anti-immigration riots
Charities and politicians describe a ‘tinder box’ atmosphere in some areas
www.ft.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Read @theipaper.com for end of safeguarding on #EasternLeg & what should happen next

Oliver Coppard as Metro Mayor & @np-partnership.bsky.social very much in agreement - #MidlandMainline electrification needs to get back on agenda

inews.co.uk/news/eastern...

@olyduff.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Today #BBCBreakfast discussing tourism levies following @ipprnorth.bsky.social yesterday showing wide public support @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

Discussed #Manchester #Liverpool raising £6m a year & how it’s attracted #MTV awards & @britawards.bsky.social

Mayors need powers to go further
Henri Murison on BBC Breakfast sofa
July 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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christophe-read.bsky.social
This week’s figures from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership show Rotherham ranking amongst the highest performing local economies for productivity over the last two decades. Surprised? It’s the result of long term investment and partnerships: www.northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk/productivity...
Productivity data show green shoots in closing North–South divide as Greater Manchester named productivity growth capital of UK - Northern Powerhouse Partnership
New analysis from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership has demonstrated that Greater Manchester has seen the biggest increase in productivity of any UK region or mayoralty over the past two decades, ce...
www.northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Great to see Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP up in #north taking practical steps to address inequalities in #health
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Today I joined @resfoundation.bsky.social for their event on wage gaps around the country to coincide with the launch of their new report & that by @theifs.bsky.social on graduate wage disparities

www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...
June 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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resolutionfoundation.org
Speaking at our event @henrimurison.bsky.social says that the London/South East pay premium is perpuated throughout the country. A northern university needs its graduates to move to London to show that its courses deliver a pay premium, even if that doesn't work out well for the local economy.
June 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
henrimurison.bsky.social
Read @pickardje.bsky.social on Fair Funding review

on.ft.com/4n62OdD

At @np-partnership.bsky.social we have been interested for some time in falling spending power of councils with low council tax base in last decade and a half
Labour to shift £2bn of council cash from wealthy southern areas to north
UK government announces consultation on ‘progressive’ redistribution of local authority funding
on.ft.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM