First Tranche of Funding for New Street Due Today ; Jonathan Walker

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The campaign to support the rebuilding of New Street station must continue even if the Government announces backing for the scheme today, writes Political Editor JONATHAN WALKER.

Ruth Kelly, the Transport Secretary, is expected to announce the first wave of funding for the long-awaited refurbishment of New Street, when she publishes a five-year-plan for the rail network.

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First Tranche of Funding for New Street Due Today ; Jonathan Walker

But she will not authorise the full pounds 340 million in public funding which the project needs.

Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart (...

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