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Northern Growth Strategy

News, documents and guidance relating to the government’s Northern Growth Strategy.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury and Department for Transport
• Published: 14 January 2026
• Last updated: 19 March 2026
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  1. 19 March 2026

     City Densification Fund: Place selection and allocation methodology added.

  2. 14 January 2026

     First published.

Documents

• City Densification Fund: Place selection and allocation methodology
  • 19 March 2026
  • Guidance
• Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change
  • 19 March 2026
  • Policy paper
• Increase in economic output from higher productivity across selected Northern Mayoral Strategic Authorities: methodology
  • 14 January 2026
  • Guidance

Northern Powerhouse Rail

• Northern Powerhouse Rail compact agreements
  • 22 January 2026
  • Policy paper
• Delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail
  • 14 January 2026
  • Oral statement to Parliament
• Multi-billion-pound drive to transform rail and growth across Yorkshire and North East
  • 14 January 2026
  • Press release
• Northern Powerhouse Rail to drive biggest travel upgrade in the North in a generation
  • 14 January 2026
  • Press release
• North West to benefit from multi-billion-pound rail investment
  • 14 January 2026
  • Press release