HS2 leg from Birmingham to Manchester ‘to be scrapped’ putting northern rail link under threat

Prime Minister will reprioritise transport funding to other schemes

is expected to announce plans to ditch Phase 2 of the high-speed line from Birmingham to Manchester to focus on improving local transport infrastructure in the North, Sky News has reported.understands this is unlikely to result in Northern Powerhouse Rail linking Liverpool to Hull being built, as this is reliant on HS2 phase 2b linking Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly being delivered.

He said: “The whole country’s got to pay for this. Every single taxpayer in the UK has got to pay for this project, and it’s spiralling out of control. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham called on Mr Sunak to “end this shambles” on HS2 after weeks of rumours over whether the Manchester leg of the project would be ditched.

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