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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

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

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MPs have urged the government to reconsider its cuts to rail projects across the north and midlands – warning that ministers are "letting down" the regions.

The government's integrated rail plan published in November scrapped a planned high-speed line from Birmingham to Leeds and watered down proposals for a new east-west rail corridor across the north.

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