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Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham are among the group issuing a joint plea to the government to fully deliver the HS2 project as planned

Five Labour mayors, including London mayor Sadiq Khan and Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, are urging Rishi Sunak to not abandon the northern leg of the controversial HS2 porject amid rumours that the government could be preparing to scrap the Birmingham to Manchester link.

Khan and Burnham are due to meet with West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin, South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard and Liverpool mayor Steve Rotheram in Leeds on Wednesday 2 September. The group are due to discuss the impact that scrapping the northern link of the railway project could have on towns and cities across the northern of England.

HS2: Labour mayors including Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham push for Sunak to commit to Northern link of project