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Tory leadership: Liz Truss vows to build Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme axed by Boris Johnson

Government was accused of betrayal when it scrapped the expensive project just eight months ago

The Independent UK

Liz Truss says she will perform U-Turn and deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail in full as Prime Minister

The move would be a major U-Turn on Boris Johnson's much maligned proposal for rail in the North, unveiled last November.

Manchester Evening News

Liverpool to be readded to Northern Powerhouse Rail if Liz Truss becomes PM

The move would be a major U-Turn on Boris Johnson's proposal

Liverpool Echo

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Liz Truss pledges to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail in full as Prime Minister

The move would be a major U-Turn on Boris Johnson's much maligned proposal for rail in the North, unveiled last November.

Chronicle Live

PM hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out vision for the North

Their comments come after northern newspapers united to demand action on child poverty, the cost of living and levelling up.

Chronicle Live

Steve Rotheram and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Liverpool Echo

Jamie Driscoll and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them on rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

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Andy Burnham and Northern mayors urge next Prime Minister to meet them to re-think region's cut price rail plan

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fighting it out to win over Tory members in the North this week

Manchester Evening News

Leeds, Bradford and other key British cities could miss out on rail revolution

Transport Select Committee demands the Department for Transport (DfT) shows its working for changes to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

The Independent UK

The Northern Agenda: The jobs bonanza under the sea

But is the Government doing enough to make the most of carbon capture and storage?

Liverpool Echo

Plans to cut HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail 'put levelling up at risk'

'Upgrading lines will bring modest benefits, but not to the transformative extent needed to end regional imbalances'

Birmingham Post

Government’s rail cuts ‘letting down North and Midlands’ as MPs urge rethink

Transport Select Committee tells ministers to review their decision taking into account levelling-up

The Independent UK

Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

The Government sparked anger in November 2021 when it published the Integrated Rail Plan.

The Independent UK

Government rail plan for the North does not deliver on 'stated aims' of levelling up

Metro Mayors blasted the cut-price HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail plans last year

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North East's levelling up fears as Boris Johnson slammed for 'deciding to go on holiday and play with jets'

Sunderland's council leader said that the region was watching the Tory leadership contest with 'interest and concern', amid worries about the future of the levelling up agenda

Chronicle Live

Hospitals have 'responsibility to act' to help tackle the North East's shocking child poverty says NHS boss

Shocking child poverty figures have left the North East reeling

Chronicle Live

Naked cyclist spotted with woman in Northumberland was taking part in 'charity bike ride', say police

The couple raised eyebrows after they were seen pedalling through Bedlington without any clothes

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Bigg Market bar plans pulled after warning that Geordie Racer would cause 'lifetime of misery'

Developers have put plans to open the Geordie Racer on hold after objections from Northumbria Police and council officials, but are set to return with a new proposal

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: The North remembers...

...but do Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as they bid to be our next Prime Minister?

Chronicle Live

Prolific thief jailed after repeatedly stealing petrol from Northumberland service stations

John Walton has been sentenced after committing a number of petrol thefts in Blyth, Ashington and Morpeth

Chronicle Live

Public spending in North East falling behind national average, study says

Report from IPPR North think tank says the North East has had the lowest increase in public spending in the last three years, despite the Government's levelling up agenda

Manchester Evening News

Public spending in the North falls behind England average despite Government's 'levelling up' policy

The per-person public spending in the North is £86 under the England average in 2021

Chronicle Live

'Covid hangover' of pandemic drinking could see 25,000 extra deaths - and will hit the North East hardest

People turning to the bottle during the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge spike in alcohol-related illness and death according to two shocking reports.

The Independent UK

Spending gap between London and North doubles despite Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledge

Tory leadership contenders told ‘the money didn’t follow the rhetoric’ – and they must ‘listen to the North’

Bangkok Post

Dam release spurs flood warnings

Riverside residents in 11 provinces are being told to closely monitor water levels and prepare for possible flooding as the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate runoff from the North.

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