Labour leaders today appealed to Conservative MPs to ‘right a wrong’ by voting against the scaled-back rail plan which has been largely panned across the region.
The Government’s Integrated Rail Plan was published last month to widespread fury after Whitehall axed the eastern leg of HS2 and replaced large parts of a promised new line from Manchester to Leeds via Bradford with ‘upgrades’ of the existing route instead.
The ‘watered-down’ plan shaves £18bn off the preferred option for Northern Powerhouse Rail. During a House of Commons debate on Wednesday, Louise Haigh, shadow transport secretary, compared the broken promises on rail to the 'lies' about the alleged lockdown party at Number 10, warning opposition MPs that their constituents
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