Northern Powerhouse Rail

Rishi Sunak has announced that the HS2 leg to Manchester will be scrapped during his speech at the Tory Party Conference. (Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester in Tory conference speech

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Jeremy Hunt failed to truly measure up to the challenges our country faces - the immediate cost-of-living emergency and the longstanding need to level up and end regional inequality (Image: Mark Hall / NationalWorld)

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt failed to fix the foundations for levelling up

Northern Powerhouse Rail ‘core’ to go ahead

The two Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are expected to be asked further about their thoughts on the Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Where do Sunak and Truss stand on Northern Powerhouse Rail?

A new integrated rail plan by the UK Government has seen Leeds scrapped as a HS2 stop. (Credit: Getty)

How is HS2 impacted by the government’s new £96bn railway plan?