Government says its plans will bring 'massive change' much faster to region's transport links
Liverpool City Region metro mayor Steve Rotheram has launched a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak's plan to axe the Northern leg of HS2 and spend the £36bn on smaller transport schemes.
And writing in The Northern Agenda politics newsletter this week, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said cancelling Phase 2 of HS2 "means more money for more places across the North". He told the Northern Agenda podcast this week: "The mess that have created, is that they've promised people this South-North connection, that's now not going to happen. But for us, west-east, the £12 billion that's been identified, is just a stab in the dark.
"Potholes being filled in with the money that was for our leg, the Northern leg being used down South, or that there's going to be better train connectivity between Oxford and Cambridge. How are these things genuinely going to help the North? Mr Rotheram conceded the funding for his patch had now increased compared but said: "Again, this is not until 2027. So it's about all of this smoke and mirrors that somehow this money is going to pay dividends now.
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