It isnt just rail holding back the North. The Future Fund is for companies across UK, but these figures show investment level is £42.48 per head in London/SE and £10.07 per head in NorthEast where only 1 in 15 companies have seen loans converted to equity verses 1 in 7 in London and South East
And then there’s Rail Investment being cut back – only in the North
The road to levelling up in the #North is by rail. The new watered down plan will not deliver the high pay, high productivity jobs my constituents deserve. A plan made in Whitehall, another broken promise for every Tory MP elected in the North East in 2019 #NorthernPowerhouseRail
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The Tories broke their promise to the North today scrapping #NorthernPowerhouseRail & Eastern #HS2. Behind the spin only old money & a few more trains is on offer. This will not achieve the economic integration we need to deliver high pay, high productivity jobs in the #NorthEast