Where is the funding to deliver HS2 2b Eastern Leg to Leeds? Where is Northern Powerhouse Rail to connect our great Northern regions? The Prime Minister quipped; "We are not asking whether phase 2B is not to be." It's more like Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? 🧐

Dreadful news this evening. Thoughts with all those involved and with our emergency crews on the scene.

Trains are much busier (my own today packed), buses and trams too. Please wear a face covering.

Fantastic to welcome Shadow Rail Minister Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP to #RIAConf21 He opens with one of the main challenges for the railways, saying that we must do more to attract passengers back. “The railway should be a driver of economic prosperity.”

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP continues that they have been pushing for certainty, highlighting there was zero mention of electrification or Northern Powerhouse Rail in the Budget. Adds we still don’t have sight of “mythical” Integrated Rail Plan. #RIAConf21

Home delivery has rocketed and in doing so created thousands of jobs. How we manage the environmental impact of that has to be a shift to clean delivery vehicles. It was great to join DPDgroup at the Middleton depot today to hear more about expanding the electric fleet.

We're miles from where we need to be to halve global emissions this decade. We need an ambitious transport plan that makes travelling greener a viable option for working people across the country.

Tomorrow's Manchester Evening News. We're doing (another, because it's necessary) pan-northern campaign tomorrow with other titles, ahead of the govt rail plan.

Choose the North: It's time for the Government to deliver on its rail promises examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-new…

With their Integrated Rail Plan, the Tories have once again betrayed the North: breaking promises to deliver #HS2 and #NorthernPowerhouseRail, and giving crumbs instead. Why should we believe this new plan when it's just all spin and no substance?

Telling that Rt Hon Grant Shapps waited until after he had given his statement in the House of Commons before releasing the full Integrated Rail Plan. Attempting to dodge scrutiny is not the actions of someone who thinks they’re announcing good news #GreatTrainRobbery

No if's no buts, no broken promises, this is the politics the country needs after the #RailBetrayal #GreatTrainRobbery

The North won't be divided. The North won't forget. The North won't stop fighting. #RailBetrayal #GreatTrainRobbery #HS2 #NPR

The Tories are so mired in scandal and chaos, they couldn’t care less about the pain facing millions of families 👇 thesun.co.uk/money/17425088…

Families are facing soaring fuel costs, but Ministers are too busy trying to save the skin of a discredited Prime Minister to do anything about it. This country deserves better. thesun.co.uk/money/17425088…

There is no levelling up whilst public transport is being cut back and the cost of travel soars 🚍 Bus services slashed 🚉 Rail fares up by record amounts 🚗 The cost of petrol skyrocketing theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

For every £1 that's spent on London's transport infrastructure, 50p is reinvested outside the capital. At present, 30 TfL projects are supporting thousands of jobs across the country. The Government can't claim to be #LevellingUp while withholding long-term funding for TfL.

The Government have slashed the road maintenance budget by £400m this year and the Roads Minister's own community has become the pothole capital of England. Watch my question to the Minister calling on them to get a grip and sort out the mess on our roads 👇

The Chancellor has given out £330k of taxpayers money to repave the driveway on a Tory Peer’s £15m Tudor estate. At the same time, the Tories slashed the Road Maintenance Budget by £400m. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19893668.…