Metro Mayor and council boss write to PM after HS2 rumours

Political leaders in the Liverpool City Region have called on the Prime Minister to involve them in the decision making process over the future of HS2.

Now Liverpool City Region’s metro mayor and council leaders have written to Rishi Sunak asking him to involve our region in decisions about the area’s future infrastructure rather than “deliberations being taken for us.”READ MORE: Exact time Storm Agnes will hit Merseyside as Met Office issue warning

In a thinly veiled barb at the Prime Minister, the Labour pair wrote: “In 2017, a little-known backbencher told the House of Commons that ‘the Northern Powerhouse’ is a wonderful phrase, but the people of northern England deserve more than a slogan. They need action. Messrs Rotheram and Wharton said while they understood the need to deliver value for money around the project it was “unfair” people in the north could be “forced to pay the price for the government’s prevarication in delivering on its promise.” They added: “We are not asking for a blank cheque, but for you to consider the economic cost of cutting the North off from modern transport infrastructure.

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