FRIDAY THE 13 Posted October 27, 2023 Posted October 27, 2023 Building a Leeds tram system Funding the Shipley bypass, the Blyth relief road, and 70 other road schemes Electrifying train lines in north Wales Resurfacing roads across the country Extending the £2 bus fare cap until the end of December 2024, which was due to rise to £2.50 He also said he would protect £12bn to "better connect" Manchester and Liverpool - although this will not necessarily be with high-speed rail. Sir Keir said these were "reheated old proposals" the government had already committed finances to. The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands shows £5.25bn has already been committed to these projects. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer accused Mr Sunak of ending up with the "worst of all worlds" by cancelling the second leg of HS2. The Greens did not support the project, but Ms Denyer told BBC Midlands Today that by "not building the onwards legs, it ends up being the worst of both worlds". "Where the Midlands ends up being a commuter belt for London, and yet we don't have benefits for the North of England connecting better to the Midlands," she added. Reform UK leader Richard Tice told the BBC HS2 was a "wretched" and "absurd" scheme which had wasted tens of billions of pounds of taxpayers' money, and his party had always said 'scrap it'. During his BBC interviews, Sir Keir also attacked Mr Sunak's ability to deliver change, saying he was the "nodding dog who nodded through the decisions that he now says are so terrible". "The change we need is a change from the Tory government, not more of a Tory government," he added. The Labour leader said his party would "bulldoze through the barriers" in the way of house building if elected at the next general election. Challenged on what he would do if opposed by people who did not want housing development, he said: "We have to get the balance right, but for young people, young families, the dream of home ownership has been completely taken away from them - we have to restore that." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67016873
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