The 2025 Budget might provide some boons, but it won’t level the playing field for regional competition

Manchester Piccadilly, the busiest railway station in the North West of England, will close for nine days in February 2026. Most services will instead terminate elsewhere

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has targeted North West railways and roads as catalysts for economic improvement, outlined in her Autumn Budget

Scrapping HS2’s northern leg would entrench regional inequality, and leave Britain lagging behind other European countries

The £98 billion HS2 project has been cut back, causing outrage from the North