Boris Johnson has insisted the Government will investigate ways of extending HS2 to Leeds amid anger over an expected scrapping of part of the high speed railway plans for the North.
The Government is expected to confirm the eastern leg of HS2 will be axed between the East Midlands and Leeds, savings tens of billions of pounds.
On Thursday the Department for Transport will publish its Integrated Rail Plan featuring £96 billion of investment in the Midlands and the North which is expected to show major revisions to previously announced goals.
Concerns have also grown over expected work on east-west connections across the North, known as Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), which are likely to involve upgrades to existing infrastructure rather
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