Staffordshire Connector: the necessary link to the North?

Move over High Speed 2 Phase 2a… the ‘Staffordshire Connector’ is coming.

That’s the gist of a report produced at the prompting of two powerful metro mayors representing Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. While Andy Burnham is still in place in Manchester, elections earlier this year toppled his former partner Andy Street in favour of Labour’s Richard Parker.