for levelling up today, the government feels as though it s listening and buying in to the greater manchester vision, so it s a good day. next week, the chancellor is expected to confirm £5.7 billion for a range of projects in england s big city regions 1.5 billion more than had been anticipated. it s meant to help bridge the gap between transport provision in the capital and other places. including the west midlands at this cinema in digbeth in birmingham, staff think better local links would be good for business. it would be a great help again, notjust for the customers, but for the staff as well, they re coming from all over, and it s an importantjob to them, and it would just make life a lot easier a lot of the time they re just having to get taxis home or things like that, whereas a tram would be great, you know, reallyjust a simple but a bit of a cheaper solution. just over £1 billion will go towards introducing simpler fares and faster journeys on local buses, using lo
from preston to manchester, i d definitely consider it. it ll be for regional authorities to decide exactly how the money is spent. this is not a day for any negativity. it feels like a real breakthrough for levelling up today, the government feels as though it s listening and buying in to the greater manchester vision, so it s a good day. next week, the chancellor is expected to confirm £5.7 billion for a range of projects in england s big city regions 1.5 billion more than had been anticipated. it s meant to help bridge the gap between transport provision in the capital and other places. including the west midlands at this cinema in digbeth in birmingham, staff think better local links would be good for business. it would be a great help again, notjust for the customers, but for the staff as well, they re coming from all over, and it s an importantjob to them, and it would just make life a lot easier a lot of the time
england s city regions will get the cash, to the delight of metro mayors. it feels like a real breakthrough for levelling up today. the government feels as though it s listening and buying into the greater manchester vision, so it s a good day. but with billions in other pledges in the chancellor s budget next week, where s the money coming from? also tonight. it s claimed the actor alec baldwin was told a gun was safe moments before he fatally shot a crew member on the set of his new film. the world s biggest oil exporter, saudi arabia, says it wants to reach net zero carbon emissions, by 2060. and england s cricketers begin their t20 world cup campaign by thrashing the champions, the west indies.
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system and this is a big down payment on it. it is not everything we need, so this is the money for the infrastructure, we are also being invited to bid for money for services, more frequent bus services and crucially lower fares and that bid is still in with the government but if we get that, as well, and i hope we will, we have got everything we need to build a london style public transport system on the ground in greater manchester by may 2021l. this is not a day for any negativity. it feels like a real breakthrough for levelling up today, the government feels as though it s listening and buying in to the greater manchester vision, so it s a good day. it s been more than 8 months since the militaryjunta took control of myanmar and the situation there is deteriorating. now the un has warned of more mass atrocities, saying that the army is apparently