extremely controversial recently has been the scaling back of northern powerhouse rail and the eastern leg. and i m sure you can find out better than i can why on earth, a government that wants to unite and level up would just so flagrantly ignore the views and wishes of the combined northern business and mayors and leaders and everybody who were brought business and mayors and leaders and everybody who were bought into a rail strategy that had hs2 in full both sides and npr across the middle. i think overall the amount we ve been investing in rail, notjust through hsz but more broadly, in rail improvements across the north of england is at a record level. but there is more that requires to be done. put simply, through, the eastern leg of hs2 being cancelled, northern powerhouse rail being cut back, that s just bad news for south yorkshire and it doesn t look like levelling up to people in south yorkshire.
recently has been the scaling back of northern powerhouse rail and the eastern leg. and i m sure you can find out better than i can why on earth, a government that wants to unite and level up would just so flagrantly ignore the views and wishes of the combined northern business and mayors and leaders and everybody who were brought business and mayors and leaders and everybody who were bought into a rail strategy that had hs2 in full both sides and npr across the middle. i think overall the amount we ve been investing in rail, notjust through hsz but more broadly, in rail improvements across the north of england is at a record level. but there is more that requires to be done. put simply, through, the eastern leg of hs2 being cancelled, northern powerhouse rail being cut back, that s just bad news for south yorkshire and it doesn t look like levelling up to people in south yorkshire.
Boris Johnson has been criticised by Yorkshire MPs for appearing to confuse Leeds and Bradford after causing surprise by suggesting the Government was considering bringing HS2 to the latter city.
In an eight-page submission, the ICE describes the DfT's rail stategy as unclear and lacking in ambition. The Transport Committee, a group of cross-party