Rishi Sunak has been called out over his claim that he is still committed to levelling up and has been called out in a new video by filmmaker Peter Stefanovic.
HS2
It comes as Rishi Sunak has insisted he is committed to levelling up despite again failing to confirm that the northern leg of HS2 rail project will go ahead.
The Independent revealed that Rishi Sunak was considering scrapping plans for the high-speed rail network between Birmingham and Manchester.
Today Sunak said: “said: “What I would say is we’re absolutely committed to levelling up and spreading opportunity around the country, not just in the North but in the Midlands, in all other regions of our fantastic country.”
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has slammed the PM and warned him not to derail HS2.
Burnham said that the if this decision went ahead, it would leave the north of England with “Victorian infrastructure”.
The Liberal Democrats have also been scathing with Baroness Randerson, the party’s spokesman on transport in the House of Lords, saying: “We have supported HS2 from the start and want it to go the full way.
“The shorter it becomes, the more it costs per mile and the less there is any point in it. It needs to be delivered throughout, forget all this truncating, let’s go back to what it was planned from the start.
“As part of that, you have to get the cost back under control. One of the reasons it is totally out of control is because we keep stopping and starting, and you have this added uncertainty.”
Video
A new video by Peter Stefanovic has slammed the PM and it is brutal.
He shared the video and wrote: “UK news shows need to do better than this! How did @RishiSunak just get away with telling viewers his Government is “absolutely committed to leveling up” with no one pointing out that NEVER IN LIVING MEMORY HAVE FAMILIES GOT SO MUCH POORER OVER A SINGLE PARLIAMENT!!”
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