A new analysis has shown that over the next four years the Conservative Government will spend just £280 per person on transport projects in the North compared to £1,870 per person in London. More money will be spent on Crossrail than on every single northern project put together.

The Conservatives have promised a Northern Powerhouse but yet again the North is being treated as the poor relative. With even half the funding of London we could transform our transport.

As our MP before 2015, Andrew Stunell had fought for years for the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road – due to open in a year’s time.  But we need the rest of the SEMMS route through to Bredbury and the spur to Sainsbury, finally giving Hazel Grove a bypass, after all those years.