The Prime Minister was in town yesterday
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak refused to commit to re-opening a railway line linking Lancashire and Yorkshire over the Pennines.
During a visit to Colne yesterday the PM was quizzed by local journalists on a variety of issues including the investigation into Blackpool South MP Scott Benton, child poverty and the possibility of changing the law to force criminals to face justice and attend sentencing hearings. Mr Sunak, who travelled to Lancashire by train, was also asked about the Colne-Skipton railway line.Pendle MP, Conservative Andrew Stephenson, is among those who have called for the line to be re-opened.
"As part of that we've got something called Restoring Your Railways Fund and that fund is designed to help re-open lines that may have been closed in the past and that fund is already making a difference around the country, famously the Ashington to Blyth line on the other side of the Pennines, so the funding is there for things like this and I know that Andy will continue to champion it.
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