BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 09:03:00
The new business secretary, grant shapps, gave the clearest indication yet that recent commitments by former prime minister liz truss to a brand new line, eventually connecting northern towns and cities from hull to liverpool through bradford, were very likely to be scaled back. the line itself can deliver a 33 minute journey from manchester to leeds, quadruple nearly the capacity of that line, and do so without having to wait an extra 20 years beyond the delivery of what the upgrade can do. so we'll be able to provide all of that upgrade. there wasn't really much point in going and blasting n...