Mayors put forward alternatives to HS2 scrapped northern section

Andy Burnham and Andy Street team up with consortium to explore options including lower-speed line

Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, and Andy Street, the Tory mayor of the West Midlands, have joined forces on alternative and cheaper plans for the scrapped section of HS2, warning that to do nothing is not an option".

Burnham and Street shared a stage on Wednesday to put forward three options after the government abandoned the long-promised northern section of the high-speed rail line.