Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to southern England infrastructure projects

The MPs said it was hard to justify the benefits of southern projects that may cause a northern skills shortage, especially if net migration to the UK drops

MPs from northern England have voiced fears of a brain drain" to southern infrastructure projects after Rachel Reeves announced a string of major developments in the south.

The chancellor announced on Wednesday in a speech about driving growth that she would give backing to the expansion of Heathrow, as well as other London airports, as well as kickstarting the golden triangle" of scientific research between the capital and Oxford and Cambridge.