uk transport

• improving roads

  • £ 27 million invested
  • 18 brand new roads
• improving railways

  • building a cross rail across london to carry 200 million passengers
• improving ports

  • new port terminal called ' liverpool2' to increase jobs and revenue
• improving airport

  • a 3rd runway to boost jobs , trade , and money
• north and south divide

  • foreign direct investment
  • nissan factory employs 700 people in tyne and wear
• north and south divide

  • enterprise zones where businesses dont have to pay some of its taxes
  • in liverpool the money is going towards the new port called 'liverpool2'
• north and south divide

  • local enterprise partnerships
  • the lancashire LEP plans to create 50000 new jobs and 400 new businesses
• north and south

  • the northern powerhouse
  • plans to build a new highspeed railway hs3 to cut journey time by 30 minutes
• uk political importance

  • the G7 are a group of hic countries that discuss issues of global importance
  • nato is a group of countries that help eachother in war
  • the UN
• uk cultural importance

  • 77 countries speak english
  • tv shows such as peppa pig
• heathrow is the most busiest air port and carries 80 million passengers every year