HS2 cuts will ‘hold back the north’

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2021

Dozens of council leaders have united to tell the Prime Minister the watering down of rail investment will hold back the north.

Boris Johnson announced today the cancellation of the planned eastern leg of the HS2 rail link and the Leeds to Liverpool route of Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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