The Latest Breaking News from North

Northern leaders still don’t have the detail behind government’s cut-price rail plan

Transport officials, mayors and council chiefs are yet to receive the evidence underpinning government’s decision to scale back Northern Powerhouse Rail, slashing its budget in half - or the axing of the eastern leg of HS2

Manchester Evening News · Jan 24, 2022

Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps described Monday as a ‘landmark moment’ in improving the North’s rail connections.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022

Plans to extend HS2 railway and add lines between Manchester and Liverpool

The journey time between Manchester and Liverpool will be cut to 35 minutes

Liverpool Echo · Jan 24, 2022

Government's plans to axe excess train tannoys 'out of touch' with North East rail priorities, say MPs

Labour MPs in the region say there are more pressing issues to respond to, such as high fare prices and cancelled services

Chronicle Live · Jan 22, 2022

Labour promises Greater Manchester economic hope to match ‘pride in the past’

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells us why government has to get more involved if the Northern economy is to punch its weight. “If it was as simple as leaving it to the market, levelling up would have happened years ago.”

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2022

Liverpool City Region Mayor slams government minister's 'irrational' comments

Steve Rotheram slams 'brazen' Grant Shapps over 'irrational' comments

Liverpool Echo · Jan 20, 2022

UBS partners with Fund Her North to support female-led businesses

The partnership with UBS will extend Fund Her North’s network and capabilities to support female entrepreneurs

Birmingham Post · Jan 20, 2022

Tories face losing most of their North East 'Red Wall' MPs say polls

The political map of the North East could be redrawn if an election was held today as Boris Johnson's Tory government Tories take a bashing at the polls

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2022

North East has UK's biggest boozers who've drunk even more during lockdown - report

Health experts react with alarm to the study carried out by Newcastle University academics which revealed heavy drinkers downed on average nearly a litre of vodka a week

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2022

Energy price hike likely to worsen North East child poverty crisis, charity warns

Director of North East Child Poverty Commission Amanda Bailey said families were dealing with a 'toxic combination' of low incomes and rising household bills

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2022