This is what the Tories’ ‘northern powerhouse’ really looks like: a mess | Jennifer Williams

This is what the Tories’ ‘northern powerhouse’ really looks like: a mess | Jennifer Williams
The transport system around many northern cities is in meltdown. George Osborne’s bold promises in 2014 were a joke

It was easy to scoff when in 2014 George Osborne unveiled his vision for a “northern powerhouse”. When the government was simultaneously shredding local services in the region, many here suspected it might turn out to be a false dawn.

Yet the principle that underpinned his thinking was sound. The north desperately needed a functioning infrastructure, as well as someone to knock heads together in Whitehall to get it moving. For the Conservatives it made sense, too: perhaps this could finally detoxify their northern brand.

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Source: Guardian Transport

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