20 Miles More: ResPublica supports a new campaign to extend HS2 to Liverpool

31^st January 2014

ResPublica's Phillip Blond helps launch the 20 Miles More campaign to extend HS2 to Liverpool

Read the 20 Miles More letter here.

The signees:

• Phillip Blond, Director, ResPublica
• Tom Cannon, Professor of Strategic Development, University of Liverpool Management School
• Earl of Derby, President of Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton Chambers of Commerce
• Sir Peter Hall, Professor of Planning and Regeneration, The Bartlett, UCL
• Tom Morris, Founder, Home Bargains
• Jim Teasdale, Chief Executive, Mersey Maritime Group
• Geoff Wainwright, Founder and Executive Director, 2Bio
• Guy Wallis, Co-founder, DWF; founder, Liverpool in London Business Embassy
• Ian Wray, Professor, Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, University of Liverpool

Press Coverage:

Financial Times – The leaving-out of Liverpool is wrong

The Telegraph – Extend HS2 to Liverpool, campaigners say

Video Interview for Bay TV Liverpool – 20 Miles More campaign demands Liverpool link for HS2

The Business Desk – Liverpool pushes for HS2 link

Fresh Business Thinking – HS2 in Liverpool

Liverpool Echo – Liverpool takes HS2 rail fight to government & Liverpool will be ‘strangled’ unless it gets HS2 railway line

The Liverpool Confidential – Liverpool link to HS2 demanded in new campaign

Insider Media Limited – ‘Overwhelming’ case to take HS2 to Liverpool

To find out more about the campaign, please visit 20milesmore.com.

Join the debate online:

@20milesmore | @Res_Publica | #hs2liverpool

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