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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Norrn powerhouse rail - The Untold Story

Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'

Daily Mirror

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dodges MP's Manchester HS2 question in the Commons

The PM was asked whether he believes 'investment should be taken from poorer areas in the north and given to the more affluent parts of Kent'

Manchester Evening News

'I've led Manchester for a year now. These are the simple things that will make us even greater'

Transport, trust and housing are key to the prosperity of the city - and the country - Manchester council leader Bev Craig explains, marking her first 12 months in office. The M.E.N's Paul Britton reports

Manchester Evening News

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A year after Boris Johnson broke promises to the North and our railways are still failing us

Daily services are 'unacceptable' and planned improvements aren't what political leaders have called for

Manchester Evening News

Leamside Line fear as leaders claim Jeremy Hunt has 'cut the North East out' of critical rail upgrade

The Chancellor says the Government will deliver the “core” of Northern Powerhouse Rail, but that could mean no commitment to a restoration of the mothballed Leamside Line

Chronicle Live

Northern Powerhouse Rail scaled back AGAIN as Tory says 'not much point' in plan

Proposals to build in full Northern Powerhouse Rail, also called High Speed 3, have been scrapped just weeks after they were restored by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss

Daily Mirror

Outrage as minister says 'not much point' in Northern Powerhouse Rail's new high-speed Manchester to Leeds line

Northern Powerhouse Rail looks set to be ditched by the new Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News

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Fury as Northern Powerhouse Rail plan looks likely to be downsized again

‘There wasn’t really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the Pennines,’ says Grant Shapps

The Independent UK

Hunt's double whammy: What the Chancellor's autumn statement will mean for you

Experts predict how the drastic measures needed to fill Liz Truss's £50bn black hole will affect Britons

Wales Online

HS2’s supporters fear cancellations and delays as austerity looms

In Britain’s darkening economic climate, the expensive high speed rail project looks like an obvious target for further cuts

The Guardian - UK

New high speed Liverpool rail line promise from Prime Minister

Liz Truss today said she was committed to building Northern Powerhouse Rail

Liverpool Echo

Truss promises station in Bradford as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail plans

The Prime Minister has previously said she would reverse the Government’s decision to curtail much of the high-speed railway route.

The Independent UK

What Liz Truss in 10 Downing Street could mean for Greater Manchester

The cost of living crisis, levelling up and even 'Lexit', the new Prime Minister has got a big job on her hands

Manchester Evening News

Manchester will be 'best place to live in the country’ once HS2 is built - but only if it's done properly, Mayor says

Andy Burnham has now called for a full debate in Parliament on the matter

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Birmingham Post

'We cannot continue to repeat the mistakes of the past': Manchester leaders call for urgent rethink on HS2 plans

The petitions of Greater Manchester authorities will raise concerns about several aspects of the HS2 Bill

Daily Mirror

What would life under Prime Minister Liz Truss look like? From tax cuts to grammar schools

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has emerged as the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race as she dukes it out with Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson. Here we look at what a Truss premiership could mean

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Handsome is as handsome does

Warning to would-be PMs as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss prepare to do battle in Leeds

The Guardian - UK

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

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Liverpool Echo

Steve Rotheram and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Chronicle Live

Jamie Driscoll and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them on rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Birmingham Post

Plans to cut HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail 'put levelling up at risk'

'Upgrading lines will bring modest benefits, but not to the transformative extent needed to end regional imbalances'

The Independent UK

Government’s rail cuts ‘letting down North and Midlands’ as MPs urge rethink

Transport Select Committee tells ministers to review their decision taking into account levelling-up

Chronicle Live

Government rail plan for the North does not deliver on 'stated aims' of levelling up

Metro Mayors blasted the cut-price HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail plans last year

The Independent UK

Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

The Government sparked anger in November 2021 when it published the Integrated Rail Plan.

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