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East West Rail Cambridge Approaches Action Group. Give Cambridge the #RightApproach #EastWestRail #TheRightApproachToEWR

Cambridgeshire, UK Katılım Kasım 2020
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@KemiBadenoch Labour can’t get welfare cuts through. More taxes would be unpopular. How about cutting some of the ‘government by shiny things’ - dubious infrastructure projects that will never pay off. HS2’s nasty little brother East West Rail springs to mind.
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Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch·
This is an utter capitulation. Labour's welfare bill is now a TOTAL waste of time. It effectively saves £0, helps no one into work, and does NOT control spending. It’s pointless. They should bin it, do their homework, and come back with something serious. Starmer cannot govern.
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford

The government has effectively abandoned its flagship welfare reform - the overhaul of PIP disability benefits - entirely After so much political pain, all the arguments that this was a moral and economic necessity, it's gone. Just like that The only conclusion you can reach is that whips believed that the government was going to lose the vote Leaves Rachel Reeves with another £5billion to find in the Autumn budget, on top of the £1.5billion from the u-turn on winter fuel payments

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The Cambridgeshire Mayoral election was the first time ever people were given a vote on the EWR route. @paulbristow79 said he wanted it to go much further south and that the link from Cambourne should be replaced by light rail. Over to you @LordPeterHendy, the people have spoken.
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@markrwilliamson How can the large housing developers lock out the competition if they don’t have enormous land banks? Heck if there were more competition they might have to drop prices or become more cost efficient. We’d have a housing market that works better for everyone.
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No your eyes are not deceiving you... The EWR preferred Southern route into Cambridge really is the Great Elephant of Cambridgeshire.
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@rcolvile Just a bit of fact checking on you. 1) EWR to Cambridge has yet to have its DCO signed off and money allocated to build it. 2) The previous government dropped the OxCam Arc in Feb 2022, Reeves recent speech was the first we heard it was back.
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Robert Colvile
Robert Colvile@rcolvile·
In today's Times, Simon Jenkins launches an attack on the plans for a new town at Tempsford. Even by his own lofty standards, it is excruciatingly error-filled. Strap in for the ride, folks. (1/?)
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Mark Williamson
Mark Williamson@markrwilliamson·
For context: A business case has still not been produced for East West Rail.
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“East west rail, gosh prepare to be unpopular” said NIC Chairman John Armitt to TSC see Qu.38. If you want to mess up beautiful villages don’t come to us with a half-baked case and the most damaging route! Good grief. committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/1…
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"..public transport is one of the things that a country does that everyone can see and touch. It is therefore attractive to politicians who want to be seen to be doing something ... what that often results in is a service that tries to do a lot of things badly." FT 12 Nov 24
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Ever wondered why train fares are so expensive?This really isn’t funny and for a project with absolutely no business case.
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Catriona Riddell
Catriona Riddell@CatrionaRiddel1·
When was the last time we had a Minister in charge of planning & housing that actually 'got it'? Well done @mtpennycook
Alexandra Notay Hon MRTPI@aknotay

Fantastic to hear @mtpennycook on @BBCr4today just now with latest on Local Plans & Green/grey belt review. Articulate, confident and clear - factoring in citizens, communities & a range of industry views. What a breath of fresh air to hear a #Housing minister so on their brief.

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By the end of this financial year EWR will have spent £446million just planning Bletchley to Cambridge and they still can’t explain the business case - beyond saying that some really important people think it’s a good idea.
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Also why did the transport secretary (before she resigned over an historic fraud conviction) say it would support 28000 Cambridge jobs and when their model says 2000? What are we coming to in this country?
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