Stressing the case for new rail link for Beverley -…
An action group pressing for a new railway link between Hull and York, via Beverley, is to hold a campaign event this coming weekend. The Minsters Rail Campaign, which is actively pushing for the connection, will hold a campaign session in Toll Gavel, Beverley, on Saturday, December 14, from 1pm. Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has announced he will be there to lend his support. Mr Stuart has long supported the campaign for a new railway Hull and York, which received £50,000 in funding under the previous government’s Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund, since scrapped by the Labour administration. The Minsters Rail Campaign is pressing hard to get funding for a Strategic Outline Business Case to be included in the manifestos for Hull and East Riding mayoral campaigns. The project is supported by local MPs, including Dame Diana Johnson (Lab, Hull North and Cottingham ), Emma Hardy (Lab, Hull West and Haltemprice), Charlie Dewhirst (Con, Bridlington and the Wolds) and Sir David Davis (Con, Goole and Pocklington). The campaign event on Saturday will take the form of a street stall, with members of the group available to answer any questions and to ask people to sign a letter of support. Mr Stuart has been at the forefront of getting the project moving. He has organised briefings of MPs in Parliament, obtained a commitment that t
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