Local leaders have reacted angrily after a government minister said there 'wasn't much point' in building Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) in full.
The plans for a new high-speed line through from to Manchester Leeds, and eventually spanning from Liverpool to Hull, were last year scaled back by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to an upgrade of the existing line.
Mr Johnson's successor, Liz Truss, vowed to reverse this and at this year's Tory Party conference pledged to build the project, estimated to cost around £40 billion, as originally envisaged, including a planned brand new stop in Bradford and a link with HS2.
