英国国家审计署：2026年北方电力铁路报告（英文版）

The north of England contains several large cities – including Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield – which are poorly served by transport connections. This creates a barrier to improved productivity as it is harder than it should be for people to travel between cities. This leads to, for example, businesses having smaller pools of potential workers, and workers having fewer job opportunities. The region contains a population similar in size to that of London and the south–ea