Labour has once again got cold feet over Northern Powerhouse Rail, the BBC’s Faisal Islam reports.
Plans to extend high-speed rail across the north of England have been delayed further and will not now be announced by the prime minister at the Labour Party conference next week.
The BBC understands concerns over the long-term costs of the line earmarked between Liverpool and Manchester have pushed back the revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail.
The Northern Powerhouse was invented a decade ago by the Tories
Islam adds that “an announcement had been expected on multiple occasions in recent months”.
Indeed it had; only last month a Guardian “exclusive” told us that:
(more…)Keir Starmer is to formally revive Northern Powerhouse Rail this autumn with an announcement expected before the Labour conference, as a major demonstration of Labour’s commitment to northern infrastructure.
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