New Bradford railway station plans to be unveiled next week - minister
Image caption,At a glanceIt is part of its response to concerns raised over the Integrated Rail Plan published in 2021Politicians in the North accused the government of abandoning its levelling up promisesPlans for a new railway station in Bradford are expected to be revealed next week, the rail minister has confirmed.
He was updating them on the official response to a Transport Select Committee report scrutinising the government's Integrated Rail Plan . The decision to abandon some of the elements of the promised Northern Powerhouse prompted political and business leaders to accuse the government of breaking its promises over its levelling up agenda.
Mr Merriman told members of the Transport Select Committee that the government remained "committed to the core parts of the Integrated Rail Plan, effectively the entire Integrated Rail Plan".
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