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The key plans laid out in the King's Speech

projects in England through the **Highways (Financing) Bill** - The **Northern Powerhouse Rail Bill**, a renamed version of an old HS2 bill, will detail a new proposed rail route from Manchester to Millington, via Manchester Airport

‘People can see – but can’t use it’: mystery of completed East-West Rail line that has no passenger trains

HS2, the story so far of East West Rail is a minor hiccup. But the failure to open even a short and far from ambitious railway – unelectrified and largely running on reclaimed or existing lines

‘Field of Dreams stuff’: will Leeds finally get its trams after decades of promises?

HS2: the planned north-eastern leg of the high-speed rail network linking London, Manchester and Leeds. It was ended under Boris Johnson, in 2021; better, he said, for West Yorkshire to get on with

New laws expected to be in the King's Speech

projects. The government will now seek to legally establish the fund in statute, giving it clearer, legally defined powers and purpose. **Financial Services Bill** -The government is planning a major shake-up of City