Osborne wants HS3 to link ‘Northern Powerhouse’
The Chancellor will today propose a new high-speed rail link joining Manchester to Leeds.
In a speech in Manchester today Mr Osborne will say that the ‘HS3 will create a northern powerhouse. “Not one city, but a collection of cities – sufficiently close that combined they can take on the world.”
Financial Times, 3
Guardian, 2
Daily Telegraph, 2
Times, 6
Daily Mail, 4
Independent, 13
The Chancellor will today propose a new high-speed rail link joining Manchester to Leeds. In a speech in Manchester today Mr Osborne will say that the ‘HS3 will create a northern powerhouse. “Not one city, but a collection of cities – sufficiently close that combined they can take on the world.” Financial Times, 3 Guardian, 2 Daily Telegraph, 2 Times, 6 Daily Mail, 4 Independent, 13