If we can't do it in Greater Manchester with the systems we have got, then you can't do it anywhere. We've got to do it' ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced plans to lever-in private finance to build new homes, on top of a £39bn boost for ...

An extra £2.5 million is also being made available for Greater Manchester's tram network. The Metrolink system will get new stops for Bury and Oldham, and the line will be extended to Stockport.

The Leeds Supertram project was first proposed in the 1980s but was abandoned in 2005. Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE. The Conservative government expressed its support for a ...

As well as the Metrolink investments, the funding in Greater Manchester will be used to back the rollout of 1,000 new electric buses as part of plans to make the Bee Network fully electric.

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The Government has today pledged billions of pounds in funding to North West transport projects – including a Metrolink line to Stockport and new routes from Liverpool city centre to Liverpool and ...

Rachel Reeves is set to pump billions of pounds into the North of England in a bid to see off the threat posed by Reform UK as she prepares to publish a major spending review next week.. The ...

Reeves will say the Spending Review next week will take different choices, with investment in a “new economic model ... It will also allow t he Mayor of Greater Manchester to transform the Metrolink ...

Metrolink is introducing a new pricing model beginning July 1 that will simplify ticketing and encourage ridership, with new ...

Were Metrolink to be expanded, Stockport could be connected to the East Didsbury line in south Manchester. Last year, TfGM said it was drawing up a business case for such a move.