BREAKING After just 24 hours, the government has dropped its commitment to reopen the Leamside Line. It was included yesterday in the initial Network North announcements, now it’s gone. Roads minister Richard Holden tells me Govt is now just ‘committed to looking into it’.

Furious reaction already. @henrimurison says this announcement makes the entirety of Network North a ‘fairytale’.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison A picture I know well. Have lots in my own portfolio 👍

@danhollandnews @anbesi @henrimurison 👇

@danhollandnews @henrimurison Almost feel sorry for @PaulHowellMP

@danhollandnews @henrimurison Context for those of us unfamiliar.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison Another Government initiative in the North which is nothing more than a logo and an expense account for Tory donors.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison They've got to find funding to open a Metrolink tram line which was built and opened 9 years ago, and extend it to connect with a train station they are no longer going to build... And it'll need to stop at all 40 new non-existent hospitals.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison @ShropshireStar @ShropCouncil will you be checking for u-turns with the Counties promised projects?

@danhollandnews @henrimurison @BBCNews @BBCNewsnight @itvnews @Channel4News @SkyNews hopefully this is a good news story to show what a sham @RishiSunak announcement was. Reopening the leamside route would totally rejuvenate the area.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison They're "looking into" opening the line. Like I'm "looking into" the possibility of marrying Kylie.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison Not another U turn

@danhollandnews @FirehorseP @henrimurison They lie, constantly.

@danhollandnews @henrimurison How secure now is the dualling of the A1 from Morpeth to Felton?

@danhollandnews @henrimurison @rcolville fyi

@danhollandnews @henrimurison Some more info... 🚂🚃🚃🚃 #Sunderland2Durham

@danhollandnews @henrimurison @RishiSunak Q. What's the difference between a tory "U-turn" and "flip-flopping"?

@danhollandnews @henrimurison It isn’t a u turn. It’s a lie. They never intended to do it. Government by headline. Not truth or action.