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Ministers take Northern Powerhouse Rail responsibility off Northern body in ‘death knell for transport devolution’
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGovernment is taking all devolved funding and responsibility for Northern Powerhouse Rail away from the Northern transport body originally tasked with developing it.
In a letter to the chief executive of Transport for the North, sent on the day government’s new ‘Integrated Rail Plan’ was revealed, the Department of Transport confirmed it was taking sole responsibility for directing future work on the project - which was scaled back in yesterday’s announcement.
TfN would in turn become an advisory body as NPR goes forward. READ MORE: We asked Boris when we'll see the rail improvements promised in 2014 - his answer veered wildly off track Government has said the move is designed at streamlining accountability of high speed rail projects
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