Andrew Gilligan: Northern Powerhouse Rail won’t help the North, or power better transport. The Tories have got this wrong

Maybe we’re worried that opposing NPR would look anti-North. But though it’s understandably beloved of the profit-scenting construction lobby, and the Labour mayors it has captured – it is in fact a huge obstacle to giving the North the better transport it badly needs.
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