The project is thrown into doubt after the chancellor announces plans to reign in public spending.
Plans to reconnect a town to the railway network have been thrown into doubt after the funding programme behind the scheme was scrapped.
But the government confirmed it was cancelling the scheme, which would have funded 38 railway projects in total.a £21.9bn black hole in public finances, which included £1bn of unfunded projects next year. Helen Morgan, the Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, said people in Oswestry would feel “badly let down” if the rail link was cancelled.
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