Tory Latest: Mayor Accuses Sunak of Turning Back on Levelling Up
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Rishi Sunak’s repeated refusal to commit to the HS2 high-speed rail line to Manchester has left the UK prime minister facing a major backlash amid reports — denied by his office — that he is set to scrap the project’s northern leg.
The Tory mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, weighed in on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, telling reporters Sunak would be turning his back “on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to deliver up on the party’s manifesto commitment to “level up” left-behind regions of the country.