The five politicians warn that cancelling the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester would see the north of England lumbered with Victorian transport infrastructure that is 'unfit for purpose'.
But in a joint statement London's Sadiq Khan, Great Manchester's Andy Burnham, West Yorkshire's Tracy Brabin, South Yorkshire's Oliver Coppard and Liverpool's Steve Rotheram said that without delivering the project in full, the government would"leave swathes of the North with Victorian transport infrastructure that is unfit for purpose".
The newspaper said he was concerned about a lack of cost controls and high salaries at the company overseeing the project after he was shown figures suggesting the overall price could top £100bn. Mr Sunak is also said to be considering terminating the line in a west London suburb rather than in Euston, in the centre of the capital, to save money.
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