Campaigning groups want the East West Rail Co’s green claims investigated by the Environmental Audit Committee.
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The Autumn Budget confirms the government’s commitment to delivering East West Rail.
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Our letter to the chancellor asking her to cancel the remaining stages of East West Rail.
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Bridget Smith’s request for more information about East West Rail has triggered criticism in light of her support for the project.
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Work for the upgrade of the Marston Vale Line can be brought forward as a result of a government decision to accelerate funding.
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We think there are better ways to spend billions of pounds, instead of on a railway line that will enrich housebuilders.
We join three other organisations in a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves asking her to take a look at the economic folly of East West Rail.
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The terms of reference for the East West Rail Economic Growth Board have been published.
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HM Treasury has set up a new government body to promote economic growth along the East West Rail route.
But will they share any information about their plans?
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East West Rail claim that their railway will create 28,200 jobs in Cambridge.
William Harrold of Cambridge Approaches looks at the numbers in East West Rail’s own report and finds that they don’t add up.
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Stop the Arc Chairman, Charles Pither, looks at the latest Arc developments in our July 2023 newsletter.
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The lack of transparency over plans for the Ox-Cam Arc points to development by stealth.
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Stop the Arc Group’s Nick Burton talks to Sky News as part of a report about economic growth in the UK.
Read MoreThe government has given additional funding to the Oxford-to-Cambridge Pan-Regional Partnership (PRP).
Read MoreBidwells reduces by up to 75% its economic growth forecast for the Ox-Cam Arc
Read MoreMembers of Stop the Arc contribute to news items following Michael Gove’s statement about the future of the Ox-Cam Arc and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s conclusion that East West Rail’s Stages 2 and 3 are ‘unachievable’.
Read MoreSince February of this year we have all been waiting to hear precisely what Michael Gove meant by his widely reported ‘flushing away’ gesture in response to a question about the future of the Ox-Cam Arc. Well, now we know….
Read MoreThe Ox-Cam Arc. What’s next? What is happening with East-West Rail? And what is Stop the Arc doing in preparation for the May 2022 Local Elections?
Read MoreWho you vote for in the May elections could determine the fate of the Ox-Cam Arc
Read MoreVideos of most of the talks given during the STARC/BEAG ‘Alternatives to the Ox-Cam Arc’ conference in Milton Keynes on 17/11/21
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