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Faster train link connecting Sheffield and London in under two hours could be on track next year in boost for northern connectivity after HS2 farce

Transport company FirstGroup announced its plan to operate two daily return trips from London King s Cross to the South Yorkshire city via Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse.

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Ministers mocked after boasting of using £235million taken from cancelling HS2 train line to fix roads in London and branding it part of a scheme to improve connectivity in the North

The Department for Transport sparked uproar this morning when it hailed the new spending in the capital as being made possible by using rerouted HS2 funding .

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Income tax: Keeping 20p basic rate in Wales not ruled out

Finance minister declines to say yet if Welsh government would reverse chancellor's income tax cut.

Greater manchesterUnited kingdom generalUnited kingdomRhondda cynon taffLlyr gruffyddPeredur owen griffithsAndy burnhamKeir starmerMike hedgesRebecca evansVaughan gethingTuesday economy minister vaughan gethingLabour greater manchesterSwansea westSir keir starmerWelsh government

North of England may get three more mayoralties in devolution agenda

North of England may get three more mayoralties in devolution agenda
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