{"id":33861,"date":"2022-07-22T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33861"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:55:03","slug":"official-shortlist-with-public-vote-to-choose-home-of-great-british-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33861","title":{"rendered":"Official shortlist \u2013 with public vote &#8211; to choose home of Great British Railways"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25617\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/railway_Open_Government_Licence_v3-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York will compete to be crowned the home of Britain\u2019s railways, with a public vote closing 15\/08.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 allowing the people that the railway serves the chance to have their say\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed list of shortlisted towns and cities is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Birmingham<\/li>\n<li>Crewe<\/li>\n<li>Derby<\/li>\n<li>Doncaster<\/li>\n<li>Newcastle upon Tyne<\/li>\n<li>York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026 GBRTT received 42 applications and has analysed their suitability against the published set of criteria for the national headquarters. The selection criteria are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>alignment to Levelling Up principles<\/li>\n<li>connected and easy to get to<\/li>\n<li>opportunities for GBR<\/li>\n<li>value for money<\/li>\n<li>railway heritage and links to the network<\/li>\n<li>public support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GBRTT will launch <a href=\"https:\/\/gbrtt.co.uk\/hq-competition-public-vote\/\">a public vote<\/a>\u2026 that will give the public the opportunity to express their views. The vote is consultative and will be used to test public support for each shortlisted location, allowing the people that the railway serves the chance to have their say.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers will then make a final decision on the headquarters\u2019 location based on all information gathered and against the above criteria, with a final decision expected later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The new national GBR headquarters will be supported by a number of new regional headquarters across the country, putting decision-making and investment at the heart of communities that use those railways day to day.<\/p>\n<p>The government is committed to levelling up, delivering jobs and investment beyond the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The national headquarters will be at the heart of the rail network and provide strategic direction for the running of GBR. Based outside of London, it will bring a number of high-skilled jobs to the winning location\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/official-shortlist-announced-to-choose-home-of-great-british-railways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/gbrtt.co.uk\/hq-competition-public-vote\/\">vote<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York will compete to be crowned the home of Britain\u2019s railways, with a public vote closing 15\/08. image for illustration only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33862,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33861\/revisions\/33862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}