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Government refuses to guarantee second leg of HS2 will go ahead

Sky News Thursday, 14 September 2023
Downing Street has refused to guarantee the HS2 railway line will run to Manchester as planned amid reports Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project's second stage.
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