Transport for the north: cutting through the scepticism

People may well have doubts about George Osborne’s ‘northern power sham’, but the north of England needs to make its voice heardIt is a truth universally acknowledged that economic development requires transport infrastructure, and another that there is no formula that precisely calculates the link.In March 2015, railways and roads were described as the foundation and backbone of the northern powerhouse in the document that launched Transport for the North.The government has to