article_snippet: Labour has been accused of delivering a 'slap in the face to the north' after suggesting Labour could abandon a new high speed rail line to Manchester and Leeds.
article_snippet: David Cameron said Labour was 'letting down people in vital regions of our country'.
article_snippet: I think Chancellor George Osborne has got this wrong. '
article_snippet: David Cameron, at a production line for London taxis in Coventry, said Labour was 'letting down people in vital regions of our country' Responding to Mr Balls's comment, Chancellor George Osborne said: 'The economic argument is very simple which is we need another railway line between London and Birmingham and up to the North of our country'. '
article_snippet: and I cannot believe they are contemplating letting down British people in vital regions of our country' in this way.'
highlights_snippet: The PM said Labour is 'letting down people in vital regions of the country'
  Ed Balls said extending HS2 past Birmingham made 'no economic sense'
  Shadow Chancellor said Labour would look at a new  East/West line first .