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Andy Burnham urges Sunak to save HS2 Manchester airport link in King’s Speech

Exclusive: Labour mayor, council bosses and rail chiefs ask PM to bring back legislation for high-speed link

The Independent UK

Labour mayor denies being disloyal to Keir Starmer after calling for Gaza ceasefire

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has denied being disloyal to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after he called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham warns Starmer: Don’t brand us disloyal for disagreeing with you over Israel

Exclusive: ‘Healthy’ for party to air different views on ceasefire, says Manchester mayor

The Independent UK

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Avanti cuts train services between London and Manchester in run-up to Christmas

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls it a 'kick in the teeth'

Evening Standard

Labour voters think Keir Starmer has handled Israel-Hamas crisis badly

Starmer warned of ‘existential threat’ in Labour seats with large Muslim population

The Independent UK

Khan, Sarwar and Burnham pile pressure on Starmer by demanding Israel ceasefire

The Labour leader is standing by his stance of supporting Israel’s right to self defence despite the Palestinian civilians being killed.

The Independent UK

Dining across the divide: ‘We do not need more cycle lanes! The only people using them are champagne socialists’

Their different backgrounds led to animated discussions about organised religion and secular systems – and ended with a heads-on collision about cyclists

The Guardian - UK

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Manchester United 1-0 Copenhagen: Champions League – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Old Trafford veered from the emotional to the excitable as respects were paid to Sir Bobby Charlton and André Onana saved a last-gasp penalty to secure a vital win. Scott Murray was watching

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to theatre and film producer Bill Kenwright

Julian Clary also paid tribute to the Everton chairman and said he was ‘forever grateful’ to him.

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast to cut number of services in December

Andy Burnham says news is a ‘kick in the teeth’ when rail operator has just won nine-year contract

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and Sue Gray met Labour mayors to clear the air, say sources

Exclusive: Relations said to be improving with Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, who praised Gray’s input

The Guardian - UK

Oasis star Liam Gallagher makes Manchester tram announcements

The musician is voicing transport announcements during the city’s Beyond The Music festival this week.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak admits list of HS2 replacement projects just ‘illustrative’ and not pledges

Meanwhile Andy Burnham says government must safeguard HS2 land and stop sell-off

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says he cannot commit to building HS2’s northern leg

Rishi Sunak savaged by two ex-PMs for cancelling high-speed rail link to Manchester

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Did the North even want HS2 in the first place?

City Voices: The ‘King of the North’ was singing a different tune only eight months ago

The Conversation

Advanced British Standard: Sunak's proposed replacement for A-levels and T-levels could make education less divisive

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to scrap A-levels and the recently introduced T-levels. He unveiled proposals for young people to instead study the new Advanced British Standard (ABS) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

The Guardian - UK

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

The Independent UK

Burnham blasts Tories as HS2 plans hit buffers

The mayor of Greater Manchester said he and others would now work to salvage the plans to make them work for his and other regions.

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak to pitch himself as leader to ‘fundamentally change the country’

The Prime Minister will use his Conservative conference speech in Manchester on Wednesday to criticise 30 years of a ‘broken’ system

The Independent UK

Sunak in promise to change Britain’s ‘broken’ politics as HS2 faces cuts

The Prime Minister will position himself as the leader to ‘fundamentally change our country’ ahead of an election expected next year.

The Independent UK

Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK

Sunak warned he is ‘risking cohesion of country’ as Labour mayors meet over HS2

Labour mayors Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Oliver Coppard and Steve Rotheram gathered in Leeds to warn against further rail cuts.

The Guardian - UK

Labour mayors urge Sunak not to scrap, delay or scale back HS2

Regional leaders express dismay at prospect of ditching high-speed rail project’s northern leg

The Independent UK

Five Labour mayors join forces to derail Sunak’s plan to axe HS2

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham among local leaders in talks with transport chiefs

Evening Standard

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

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