Northern leaders ramp up pressure on government over rail plan by calling for free vote in Commons
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukMayors in the North are ramping up pressure on the Government over its controversial rail plan. Andy Burnham, along with North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll, Liverpool’s Steve Rotherham, and West Yorkshire’s Tracy Brabin, are calling for the scheme to be put to a free vote in the House of Commons, ChronicleLive reports.
Earlier in the day, the Labour mayor for Greater Manchester called the proposals ‘a Championship option when we need a Premier League option’. READ MORE: Two arrested over 'violent and calculated' Gumtree robberies where victims were threatened at knifepoint He told the Manchester Evening News: “If the test is connectivity across the North, then this plan comes up short. “What you've got is a Championship option when we need
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