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New Government makes commitment to regions

INVESTMENT in rail infrastructure outside London is to be apriority for the Government formed by new prime minister Boris Johnson.

The new ministerial team at the Department for Transport will soon receive the findings of the Williams Review, which was set up to recommend a future new rail industry structure that would avoid the failings that led to the poor implementation of

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