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The Mayor of West Yorkshire has pleaded with the government to “stop inflicting economic damage on our region.” Tracy Brabin said that scrapping HS2 in the North would “tear up any idea of levelling up,” and would harm jobs and investment. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 seen today that he has swerved any question about his decision on HS2. Yesterday we had
00:07 five mayors come to Leeds to say to the government to stop inflicting economic damage on our
00:15 region and the whole country. Scrapping HS2 in the north will damage jobs and investment
00:22 and tears up any idea of levelling up. This has been a 13-year project and scrapping it
00:29 now is economic vandalism. Businesses here in West Yorkshire are telling me on a daily
00:35 basis that what they need is certainty and long-term strategic thinking. What we have
00:40 from this Prime Minister is short-termism and, as you say, a vacuum in this decision
00:46 making and also a lack of conversation with us. This is something that has been decided
00:52 in Whitehall and Westminster without talking to the mayors who represent millions of people
00:58 about a project that would connect four biggest cities and boost growth across the whole country.

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