Boris' government plans to spend almost three times more per head on London transport
IPPR researcher Luke Raikes said: ‘These figures show that the Prime Minister must urgently follow through on his promises to invest in northern transport infrastructure and devolve power to the North’s leaders.‘The Northern Powerhouse agenda could benefit people across the whole country. Northern transport infrastructure is a national priority.’
Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said: ‘The North is held back by Government under-investment in transport and a lack of powers over public transport, including poor rail connectivity and cuts to bus services. ‘Labour will build a Crossrail for the North and deliver powers and funding for bus services to close the North-South divide in transport.’
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, said the report should make ’embarrassing reading for the Government’. He said: ‘In the five years since they first promised us a Northern Powerhouse, the transport spending gap between North and South has widened and is set to get even wider over the next decade.We hear a lot of rhetoric from the Government on the North. But
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