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JOHN McDONNELL has pledged investment in northern England’s infrastructure that will create 850,000 jobs.
The shadow chancellor revealed on Saturday that a future Labour government would deliver a “Crossrail for the north” reversing “decades of underinvestment in northern transport infrastructure that has undermined the economic potential of the north of England.”
He accused the government of failing to invest in essential electrification of key northern rail services, including the Trans-Pennine line, which is not now due for completion before 2022.
Burnham launches his campaign to return to Westminster
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT