Richard Tice is the deputy leader of Reform UK. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Reform UK has pledged to scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), labelling the project “insane” ahead of a major announcement by the Labour government in the coming weeks.

Richard Tice, in a forward to a report by centre-right think tank Policy Exchange , told companies considering bidding for contracts to build NPR that they should “not bother” as the party would “spend the money instead on things the country needs more”.

NPR is a proposal to boost east-west rail connections across northern England while Labour is expected to make a commitment to NPR in the coming weeks.

The Policy Exchange document predicted that NPR would be an “even greater train crash” than HS2, as a new line between Liverpool and Ma

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