As the government commits to spending billions on a two-decade project to boost east-west links across the north of England, James Moore says plenty of other new routes would benefit the country – and might be open much sooner S o good news at least for commuters of the future, those would-be office drones who are currently busy deciding which GCSEs to take. The government has announced that, over the coming two decades, it will spend £45bn on Northern Powerhouse Rail , a long-promised but much-