The Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has commented on Transport for the North budget cut.
Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram said;
“I am extremely disappointed with the Government’s decision to cut TfN’s funding allocation for the coming year.
“At a time when we should be focussing on ‘levelling up’, the Government is reducing transport budgets for the North and centralising control of those budgets, rather than devolving them to the North.
“We need real investment, if we are to stimulate growth and realise our ambitions to better connect the North and transform our fortunes.
“The whole principle of TfN is to receive devolved money for the North and for decisions to be taken here. We know what we need to invest in the transport infrastructure, boost our economy, drive innovation and deliver improved services that meet people’s needs.
“I am, along with northern leaders, calling on the Government to reverse this decision; to put its money where its mouth is and prove that it truly is committed to a national recovery and a ‘levelling up’ of our economy”.
