Let the north run its own powerhouse | Sarah Longlands

If it’s all too complicated for those in Westminster, they should hand over the reinsIn the north of England, we know a little about trains. In 1825, when George Stephenson ran the first passenger steam locomotive along the Stockton and Darlington railway, little can he have thought that, for all his pioneering efforts, upgrading our crumbling infrastructure would prove such a national headache.The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has decided that electrifying the TransPennine route is