Henri Murrison News Today

Long term decisions for a brighter future, or short term jockeying for advantage . Rishi sunak sets out his stall for the coming election. The northern leg of h52 is cancelled. The Prime Minister insists that every penny of the £36 billion intended for that rail link will be spent on other projects. There were a raft of other announcements too, sold like this. Politics doesnt work the way it should. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one....

Chancellor questions why it costs ‘10 times more’ to build high-speed rail in UK than France

Dehenna Davison and Jake Berry join backlash against PM’s move to axe northern leg

The Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced the decision today, saying commuters had been 'bearing the brunt of continuous cancellations'

Not even her most fervent supporter would claim that all Margaret Thatcher’s ideas were popular in Yorkshire, but if there was one we can all agree has been good for the county – and for the North as a whole – it must be Channel 4.

The UK prime minister’s flagship policy seems unlikely to survive his departure from 10 Downing Street.

SIR – Britain had already left the EU when Rishi Sunak became Chancellor .