Metro Mayor invites ministers to “hear Northern voices”
Steve Rotherham, the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, has responded to accusations from ministers that northern Mayors are “scaremongering,” by inviting them to attend the proposed Northern Rail Summit next month.
The summit has been called by Northern political and business leaders in response to Government announcements this week cancelling the electrification of the Manchester to Leeds line, whilst affirming support for London’s Crossrail 2.
The announcement caused widespread consternation across the Northern regions ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
