Andy Burnham and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan
Mayors from across the North have written to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak urging whoever ends up as Prime Minister to meet them and re-think the Government's cut-price rail plan for the region.
After it was unveiled in November, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he £96 billion IRP would slash journey times across the North with 110 miles of new high-speed line, with benefits coming quicker than in the original plans put forward by Transport for the North.
But instead of sticking to its previous promises over NPR the Government rowed back on that plan in November last year, instead opting for upgrades to the current line connecting Liverpool and Warrington. From Warrington, a new high speed line will be built to Manchester and on to Marsden in Yorkshire.
Earlier this week, major Northern news titles urged North Yorkshire MP Mr Sunak and Leeds-educated Ms Truss not to turn their backs on the North by letting the issue of regional inequality slip off the agenda. "The promise of a new line across the North - starting with Manchester and Leeds - can be traced back to George Osborne’s 'Northern Powerhouse' speech in the summer of 2014.
"We remain firmly of the view that this project is critical to unlocking the full potential of the Northern economy in the 21st century and levelling us up with the South. What has been put forward in IRP falls far short, cuts Bradford out completely and does not deliver on the promises the Conservative Party has made to the North of England.
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