'Affordable' ideas needed for A1 plans

THE Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that the Government is looking at "affordable" measures for the A1 after plans to dual a section of the road in Northumberland were scrapped.

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However, Government officials have been unclear on what the options for the road may be.

A scheme to dual 13 miles of the road between Morpeth and Ellingham was scrapped in October with costs estimated at more than £500 million.

The previous Conservative Government had given the project the green light - but only after several delays.