Boris Johnson was tonight urged not to “betray” northern voters by ditching a crucial high speed rail connection. The Prime Minister has ordered a review of the eastern leg of HS2 – throwing into jeopardy plans to link the flank with Birmingham and London on a dedicated fast track.
He owes his 80-strong Commons majority to smashing Labour's “Red Wall”, seizing seats in the party's traditional heartlands at December's election as he pledged to “level-up” the country.
But, writing exclusively in the Mirror, Northern Powerhouse Partnership boss Henri Murison warns: “Last year’s election saw the Red Wall crumble, and the blue wall built. “Those new Tory MPs in Yorkshire, Teesside and the North East will have been as let down just as the North’s
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