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In his October 2021 budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that West Yorkshire is to receive £830m to improve transport infrastructure.

West Yorkshire’s mayor, Tracy Brabin welcomed the announcement and said there was now the possibility that preparatory work could begin on a mass transit system for Leeds.

You can read more of what the mayor said in this Yorkshire Evening Post article.

And you can read the mayor’s reaction to the budget here.