Manchester leg of HS2 scrapped PLUS Is the North being ‘hoodwinked’ into the promise of more cash? AND The strangest happenings at Tory Conference
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Mr Sunak also says the government will ‘protect the £12 billion to link up Manchester and Liverpool as planned’, deliver a new tram system in Leeds, pledge £3.3 billion for road resurfacing and nearly £4 billion more for local transport in city regions. Mr Burnham said transport bottlenecks on both sides of the Pennines are 'the single biggest thing holding back transport in the north', however commuters can lose hours on north-south journeys too. "Neither railway is as reliable as it needs to be for people in the north," he said.
At the time, some local residents were popping champagne corks at the realisation the vast project would no longer be built in their backyards. But Wigan’s Labour council leader David Molyneux said the move would impact Wigan’s ‘already fragile’ economy, jeopardising the ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to regenerate the town centre.
As Mr Burnham insists the decision on HS2 is a ‘disgrace’ that leaves Northerners as ‘second-class citizens’, there will be some residents who will likely be rejoicing today. Could Manchester be ‘cut off’? Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell says Manchester could be ‘cut off’ as a result of today’s decision on high-speed rail.
“I do welcome of course other announcements in transport in the north but as Jim O'Neill said, I was sat at George Osborne’s presentation in 2014 when Northern Powerhouse Rail was announced - it’s not happened yet.” What does it mean for Liverpool to Manchester? Henri Murison, of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, says today is 'a national tragedy for Northern England'.
Schools ‘forever’ facing changes Transport may have taken centre stage, but Rishi Sunak also announced a major change to secondary education in today’s conference speech. …and a smoking ban Mr Sunak also announced plans to ban smoking for the next generation. He wants to raise the smoking age by one year, every year, meaning a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette.
- Tory London Assembly Member Andrew Boff was escorted out of the Home Secretary’s speech for ‘heckling’ It was launched in response to the death of Victoria Agoglia, who had been subjected to severe abuse and exploitation for two years before she died. She died in 2003 but prior to her death she had disclosed to social workers that she was being forcibly injected with drugs, and raped, but no effective action was taken to protect her.
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