Some good news (for the North):
Keir Starmer has committed £415m of 'new money' to the ongoing electricfcation & improvement of inter-city rail services around the North...
But, as if he admits, this is a £10bn project & so today's announcement is more of a small continuity payment than a massive shift in speed of completion of a project already running a decade late... but at least Rachel Reeves has not actually cut it back (yet).
#North #railways #politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jgjgvzl13o
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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