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Liz Truss commits to £25bn Northern Powerhouse Rail plan ditched by Boris Johnson

The Foreign Secretary, who polls suggest is leading the contest to succeed the outgoing PM, has pledged to fully back Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), a move that will cost nearly £25 billion

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss revives promise to build Northern Powerhouse Rail

Tory leadership frontrunner commits to building Liverpool-Hull line, nine months after government scaled back plans

The Guardian - UK

With thousands in Greater Manchester living in poverty we warn Sunak and Truss: Don't turn your back on the North

One in four children in Greater Manchester is living in poverty, but the main Tory contenders to be our next Prime Minister are barely mentioning the promises to 'level up' the country made at the last election.

Manchester Evening News

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Liz Truss takes step closer to claiming Tory crown as rivals lose momentum

Poll suggests MPs’ favourite Rishi Sunak would lose members’ vote against both other candidates

The Independent UK

Red wall Tories warn: honour levelling up pledges or we’ll lose the next election

Senior Conservatives in northern seats warn leadership contenders that they must stand by the government’s investment promises

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership debate: rivals discuss tax, energy, NHS, the green economy and trust in first televised head-to-head – as it happened

The five candidates face off in a televised Channel 4 debate

The Guardian - UK

Northern Tories fear election wipeout as leadership candidates appear ready to drop levelling up policy

‘People would see that as a promise broken and a job half done, and they would vote accordingly’

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Tom Tugendhat vows to save Boris Johnson’s levelling up agenda with ‘vocational Oxbridges’

Tory leadership hopeful pitches himself as champion of the north – and vows to slash fuel duty by 10p

The Independent UK

Tom Tugendhat has the drive to tackle vested interests like the Bank of England, says MP

The former Army officer says the country needs ‘a serious government for serious times’

Evening Standard

Who is Ben Wallace? Marriage to ex-assistant, recovering Diana's body and torture comments

After the Tories' disastrous by-election results in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, some Tory MPs may be looking at Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as a potential replacement for Boris Johnson...

Daily Mirror

The Northern Agenda: North's latest grooming bombshell

Oldham follows in the footsteps of Rotherham, Rochdale and Keighley

Manchester Evening News

Teachers and nurses may join rail workers in next stage of strikes

The railways will be shutting down for three days this week but industrial action could also be taken by teachers and nurses demanding fair pay

Chronicle Live

Rail strikes: Teachers and nurses may join train workers in next stage of walkouts

Union bosses have warned of potential chaos this week on top of the pandemonium already expected in light of the railways shutting down for three days this week

Daily Mirror

Spend as much on the North as London if you want to Level Up UK, demands Tory MP

Jake Berry said the North could not afford to rely on politicians in Whitehall

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Ministers must 'get around the table' with unions to stop 'cruel' rail strikes, says Tory MP

Senior Conservative Jake Berry has broken ranks to warn the government the"only way out of a dispute is via negotiation" as the country was braced for walkouts that will spark mass disruption

The Independent UK

Warning to PM from ‘red wall’ Tories as he pulls out of northern visit

Boris Johnson made an unannounced trip to Kyiv instead of attending a Northern Research Group conference in Doncaster.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson accused of ‘contempt’ for north by snubbing Doncaster for Kyiv

Tory MPs in north of England warn PM he cannot take seats won from Labour’s ‘red wall’ for granted

The Independent UK

NRG chairman Jake Berry calls for radical changes to levelling-up agenda

Ex-minister warns the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs that red-wall voters did not give ‘an unconditional vote’.

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The Independent UK

Tories face ‘annihilation’ in red wall if voters don’t see towns improve soon, MPs tell Boris Johnson

Northern voters must see progress ‘looking out bus window’ or they will return to Labour, PM warned

Daily Record

Boris Johnson ducks out of Wakefield by-election meeting to visit Ukraine

The Prime Minister flew to meet the Ukraine President instead of facing his own MPs ahead of a difficult by-election next week.

The Independent UK

Prime Minister misses northern Tory conference to make surprise visit to Kyiv

Boris Johnson had been due to address Tory MPs and party members during a Northern Research Group event but travelled to Ukraine instead.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson accused of showing ‘total contempt’ for northern Tories after skipping conference

‘We were all ready with an oven-ready set of policies,’ says senior MP Jake Berry

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races?

Read the Northern Agenda newsletter for Friday 17th June 2022

The Guardian - UK

Northern Tory MP Jake Berry backs Gove over tight grip on spending

Chair of influential group seeking investment in north of England says ‘we have to keep public finances in order’

Daily Mirror

Northern Tories tell Boris Johnson to cut taxes or risk an election wipeout

Influential backbencher Jake Berry said parties that fail to listen to their voters face 'political annihilation' as he calls on the PM to lower taxes

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