Labour’s annual conference is a failure before it’s even begun | Politics | News
The government remained in trouble before the Labor’s annual conference began last night, as the government had to delay the announcement of a large new railway line in the North. The revived North Powerhouse Railway Project was determined as the center of the meeting at Liverpool, which started on Sunday, while trying to show that it supports economic growth all over the country.
However, a source said that the ministers “took time to do this right”. The delay was criticized by the Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Liverpool City Region, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, and the railway industry called for “more urgency ..
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will include a new line between Manchester Airport and Warrington between Liverpool and Manchester. It may also contain connections with Crewe, Leeds and Bradford using the existing track.
It is understood that the Ministry of Transport wants to provide financing of £ 1.5 billion for the preparation of the Treasury.
The plans were first proposed in 2014 by former Tor Hungry Osborne. The latest conservative government, former Prime Minister Rishi altar HS2 high -speed railway line to scrapped the northern foot of the Network North North as a part of a project promised to move forward.
A government source said: “The government remains completely dependent on the NPR. We are determined to learn from the mistakes of the past and not to repeat the previous government’s failures on the HS2 and Botched Network North Plan.
“That’s why we take our time to correct it. We will determine our plans in the coming weeks.”
Mr. Burnham, who will talk at the Fringe events at the Party Conference, told BBC Radio Manchester: “Today’s news, if you want, the railway project we are trying to wait for a kind of waiting, I do not think that the plan we need in the south.
“Here, we need to give priority to investment in a more powerful place than other parts of England.”
Darren Caplan, General Manager of the Railway Industry Association, said: “Railway Industry Association accepts and appreciates the important investment of the government for the railway this year due to limited public finances and accepts the commitment to make railway reforms under a new large British railway organization.
“However, when the railway reform progresses slower than expected and reported that the Northern Powerhouse Railway Program is delayed, we and our members, especially in the coming years, have injected more urgency to determine open plans for the investments required to support business confidence.
“This is particularly urgent if the government wants to see the economic growth that it wants to support the rail in the coming years and which rail is ideally placed.”
