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Rishi Sunak's Network North plans are full of old plans which were shelved by the Government, MPs have been told. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Network North full of rail projects that have 'not been developed'

Tom Simpson shares his expert insight. Picture: Samuel Whitton

YBS Commercial Mortgages team sees host of investment opportunities: Tom Simpson

Work going on at the Victoria Road Crossover Box ancillary shaft HS2 site near to Old Oak Common in west London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Selling off HS2 land is not ‘long-term decision making' - Yorkshire Post Letters

A £543million grant to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) was announced as part of the replacement Network North scheme, funded directly by costs saved from the cancellation of HS2. Pictured: Supertram 2 - Credit: SCR

Mayor denies HS2 grant money has been diverted away from airport for trams

An early visualisation of a HS2 train. The "final decision" to axe HS2's northern leg was taken during Tory conference. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Golden opportunity to reopen the Colne to Skipton line - YP Letters

Transport Secretary Mark Harper speaks to media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday April 30, 2023.

Mark Harper told to keep HS2 land until 'alternative' rail plans are in place

Rail minister Huw Merriman and the leader of Rochdale Council, Susan Hinchcliffe

New station for Bradford can be 'King's Cross of the North', rail minister says

HS2 's Yorkshire leg was scrapped in 2021

Labour calls for end to HS2 land uncertainty in South Yorkshire

Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Northern Powerhouse Rail: 'Huge relief' as key stretch of rail network is saved

From left to right- East Riding of Yorkshire Council Principal Transport Policy Officer Katie Stork, Roads Minister Richard Holden, Haltemprice and Howden MP David Davis and East Riding of Yorkshire Council Leader Cllr Anne Handley at the A164 and A1

Busy road in Yorkshire one of first to get improvement works

Katie Stork – Principal Transport Policy Officer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Richard Holden MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport), David Davis, MP for Haltemprice and Howden, Councillor Anne Handley – Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Minister unveils first Network North project in Yorkshire

An early visualisation of a HS2 train. The decision to axe HS2's northern leg was taken during Tory conference. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Cancellation of HS2 overlooks the bigger picture - YP Letters

Cherry Burton railway station as it currently stands on the disused Beverley to York rail line. The East Riding Council has lent its support to reopening the line. From Wikimedia Commons, free to reuse under creative commons license.

Bid to rebuild direct rail between Beverley and York backed by local MP

Doncaster Sheffield Airport was closed down in 2022.

For all the talk about HS2, we should be reopening DSA - YP Letters

Residents view the aftermath as flood waters begin to recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet flooded homes, business and roads. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Money wasted on HS2 could have been used on flood defences - Jayne Dowle

Oliver Freer from CBRE with Nic Harne, Corporate Director of North Yorkshire Council. Picture by Allan McKenzie/AMGP.co.uk -

'Greener public transport network would encourage graduates to stay in region

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to members of the public. PIC: Frank Augstein/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has done far too little for Yorkshire - The Yorkshire Post says

Beckie Hart has her say.

Supercharging infrastructure investment is vital to UK's future: Beckie Hart

Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove during a visit to a housing development.

Michael Gove: 'Stars are aligned' for drive economic growth in Leeds

Leeds Council said almost 700 hectares of land is being safeguarded for the project and some of it is “valuable brownfield land” worth more than £8m per hectare.

'Valuable' land kept for HS2 in Leeds over 10 years will be sold off

A Northern train at Guiseley Station

Nearly half of all trains to Leeds are delayed or cancelled
Nearly half of all trains to Leeds are either delayed or cancelled, according to a recent study.

Labour council leader Denise Jeffery and Tory opposition leader Nadeem Ahmed

‘We didn’t want it anyway’: Leaders welcome scrapping of HS2

An artist impression handout issued by HS2 of a early visualisation of an HS2 train. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Cutting HS2 is putting short term political expediency - YP Letters

A file photo of rail passengers at Leeds Railway Station. PIC: Simon Hulme

Rail delays and cancellations have become too regular - Sarah Todd

View of outside Leeds City Station and the Platform Building looking along Bishopgate photographed by Tony Johnson

Assessment shows need for transport improvements in Leeds - The YP says

Rashmi Dube has her say

Yorkshire needs stronger voice on everything from food to HS2 cash: Rashmi Dubé

Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street speaks to the media about HS2 during the Conservative Party annual conference. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Lack of timeline for NPR sums up shambolic approach to transport - The YP says

Shadow cabinet members (left to right) Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, during Sir Keir Starmer's speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Relying on Tory abstentions won’t be enough for Labour - David Blunkett

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to scrap the northern leg of HS2 earlier this month due to concerns over rising costs

Northern Powerhouse Rail: PM urged to make 'clear commitment' after HS2 U-turn

'Whitby, ‘The Jewel in the Crown’ is once again left to go it alone'. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Where are the transport voices calling for investment on the coast? - YP Letters

HS2 has been stopped from reaching the North of England - but work is progressing in the south of the country. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

How HS2 proves problem of making data say what you want: Bird Lovegod

Hull Paragon Station

Use HS2 money to electrify line between Hull and Selby, says council leader
The Hull to Selby railway electrification should be one of the first projects undertaken with funding freed up from scrapping the northern leg of HS2, Hull’s Labour leader has said.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

HS2 curtailed to make improvements in the region - Mark Harper

Haxby railway line. Pic: LDRS

York MP hopes trains will stop at Haxby Station by end of 2024

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves making her keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Labour to conduct review into failure of HS2 following cancellation

Rishi Sunak has decided to scrap the second phase of HS2.

Rishi Sunak's HS2 cancellation sends damaging signal to the world: Beckie Hart

Dame Diana Johnson

Labour MP says ‘Canary Wharf-scale’ investment is needed to transform the North

The construction site for the HS2 project at Curzon Street in Birmingham. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

Why the region can’t trust shoddily put together transport plans - Andy Brown

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Much of 'Network North' may never see the light of day: The Yorkshire Post says

An early representation of what the HS2 trains could look like

HS2 Ministers says there is no need for inquiry into spiralling costs

Labour will not undo HS2 decision, Pat McFadden has confirmed to the Yorkshire Post

Labour will not undo HS2 decision, shadow minister confirms

Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Why is Mark Harper embracing theories like 15-minute cities? - David Behrens

Haxby station: Train station that closed in 1930 is set to be re-opened as part of the government’s Network North scheme

Haxby station: Train station that closed in 1930 is set to be re-opened

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Why can’t we deliver high speed rail at a reasonable price? - Bill Carmichael

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers a speech during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Government has failed to empower older people - Daxa Patel

HS2 contractors excavating an area below a newly replaced section of the Aylesbury to Princes Risborough branch line track. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

How artificial intelligence could hold the key to levelling up - Rhys Merrett

Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty on stage at the end of his keynote speech during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex.

Rishi Sunak gambles on scrapping HS2 to reset premiership

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Government isn't fooling anyone as HS2 betrayal is confirmed - The YP says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference

Rishi Sunak promises new ‘Network North’ after scrapping northern leg of HS2

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gestures as he speaks during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak confirms HS2 Northern leg is scrapped as 'facts have changed'

HS2 contractors continue works approaching a newly replaced section of the Aylsebury to Princes Risborough branch line track. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

We need to cut our losses and pull the plug on HS2 - Yorkshire Post Letters

Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a package of transport investment for the North from the savings made from HS2

Tory MPs await Northern transport package as HS2 alternative

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours the Exhibitor's Hall, at the Manchester Central convention complex, during the Conservative Party annual conference. PIC: Carl Court/PA Wire

The PM should come clean on HS2 - The YP says

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Professor Andrew McNaughton has hit out at the Government axing the Leeds leg of HS2.

HS2 creator says Rishi Sunak must not cut ‘the most important part’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to his hotel on the first day of the Conservative Part Conference in Manchester

Sunak told Leeds needs to 'see the money' after his transport claims

Professor Andrew McNaughton has hit out at the Government axing the Leeds leg of HS2.

By cancelling HS2 to Manchester and to Leeds you are doing precisely the opposit...

Rishis Sunak admitted that there were examples of "where it feels that Northern Ireland is not part of the Union" and that the protocol had "unbalanced" the Good Friday Agreement that helped end the Troubles. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Killing HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail in favour of so-called towns plan is a ...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

'George Osborne’s rationale is that a section of HS2 south of Manchester would also form part of the HS3 line, and that building HS3 without it would add £15bn to its cost.' PIC: PA

Why Northern Powerhouse Rail should be the priority now - David Behrens