Labour mayors to issue plea to PM over HS2

Labour mayors will meet in Leeds later to urge Rishi Sunak to stick with the HS2 link to Manchester.

The last official estimate on HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bnFive Labour mayors are set to meet later to issue a plea to the Prime Minister not to scrap the HS2 link between Birmingham and Manchester.They will also call on the government to commit to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail in full.

Alongside Mr Khan, West Yorkshire's Tracy Brabin, Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham, Steve Rotherham, mayor of Liverpool City Region and South Yorkshire's Oliver Coppard will attend the meeting. The last official estimate on HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn.

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