City MP warns high-speed rail may never extend beyond Birmingham.A LIVERPOOL Liverpool, city (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flour and sugar), Liverpool has a variety of industries, including the manufacture of electrical MP warned high-speed rail must get the go-ahead soon - and must reach the North West. Louise Ellman, Riverside MP and transport select committee chairwoman, raised the alarm "proposals for high-speed rail might never extend beyond Birmingham". It came in a pamphlet pamphlet, short unbound or paper-bound book of from 64 to 96 pages. The pamphlet gained popularity as an instrument of religious or political controversy, giving the author and reader full benefit of freedom of the press. which also saw Gordon Brown give his strongest backing yet to high-speed rail - suggesting the policy will be a key plank of Labour's general election manifesto MANIFESTO. A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another. 2. On the declaration of war, a manifesto is usually issued in which the nation declaring the war, states the reasons . However, despite his enthusiasm, there are fears the economic crash might put the brakes on quickly extending a 225mph line to Liverpool and Manchester. The Prime Minister wrote that Labour recognised having just a single high-speed line leaves Britain in the slow lane - and of his determination to leave a rail legacy to rival that of the Victorians. In the same pamphlet, It's been calculated a high-speed line from Liverpool to Leeds would boost the North's economy by pounds 3.5bn. CAPTION(S): Louise Ellman |
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