Sunak ‘committed to levelling up’ despite preparing to ditch HS2 to North
The PM is considering scrapping or delaying the leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester in response to soaring costs.
The PM is considering scrapping or delaying the leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester in response to soaring costs.
"Recent events seriously call into question the ability to continue to support people who don’t do what they say they’d do.”
Steve Brine also said it would look “odd” to scrap the scheme in the days before Tory MPs and activists arrive in Manchester.
Ownership of the buses will swap from private to public hands in Manchester this weekend - with Andy Burnham lauding the move.
Boris Johnson said rumoured cuts to HS2 were ‘Treasury driven nonsense’, with David Cameron also said to have intervened.
The Chancellor said he would not comment on speculation that the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the high-speed line could be axed.
No 10 suggested ministers would need to balance the interests of ‘passengers and taxpayers’ when asked whether the second stage could be scrapped.
Following revelations that the route won't make it as far as Leeds, it has now been revealed it may not even make it into central London.
The system will remove the need for one million lorry journeys to transport spoil.
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