Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her keynote economic speech at Siemens Healthineers in Eynsham this morning. It included a pledge to invest in the Oxford–Cambridge “Growth Corridor” and support for a third runway at Heathrow – the latter attracting a crowd of protestors outside the building.
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— Oxford Clarion (@oxfordclarion.bsky.social) 29 January 2025 at 11:31
The Clarion comments wryly...
‘The venue for Reeves’ speech about growth in the Oxford–Cambridge arc is on the trackbed of the closed Witney railway, and beside the B4044, where traffic flow is restricted by a C18th toll bridge and where a cycleway for the 3.5 miles to Oxford has still not been built despite a 13-year campaign.
‘Meanwhile, one mile up the road at Salt Cross, delivery of 2,200 houses has stalled until the Government provides clarity on building to net zero standards.’