£100bn to revolutionise Northern rail travel – MPs

Call for Northern Powerhouse Rail to be delivered at the same time as HS2
More than 80 Northern MPs and Peers have written to the Chancellor today urging huge investment in Northern transport to deliver much needed jobs, investment and growth. The cross-party letter, put together by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, recommends the Government commit to £100bn of transport spending in the North by 2050 for major strategic road and rail projects. One of these major projects, Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), could create “economic revolutions”, the letter states, and must be delivered at the same t... 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...
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