Sunak: Govt is ‘completely committed to HS2’ despite delay
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Sunak: Govt is ‘completely committed to HS2’ despite delay
Rishi Sunak states he remains 'completely committed to HS2' while announcing that 'inflationary pressures' have forced the government to 'rephase' some of the projects.
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The Prime Minister put an end to weeks of speculation after he confirmed the high-speed train line connecting Birmingham to Manchester would be axed. The Prime Minister told his party's conference, taking place in Manchester, the HS2 project's costs had "more than doubled.” As part of a drive to create a new northern network, he pledged to invest in a raft of other transport schemes. "I am ending this long-running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the HS2 project and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, 36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands, across the country.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham slammed the abandonment of the Birmingham to Manchester line. He said: “The idea that you can justify pulling the plug on rail infrastructure in the North of England by saying the world has completely changed and no one wants to go anywhere anymore, I’m sorry that’s a self-serving argument that just simply doesn’t stack up.”
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has cancelled the northern leg of HS2, promising to reinvest "every single penny" of the £36bn project cost into improving transport networks in the north and Midlands. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said a cancellation of the HS2 project would free up "tens of billions" that could "be spent on other things". Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has described his frustrations with the prime minister's decisions to scrap the northern leg of HS2.
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