Should it still go ahead?
The Sun newspaper said soaring inflation means that the high speed rail project may not run to Euston until 2038 - or be scrapped completely, with trains instead stopping at a new hub at Old Oak Common in west London's suburbs.
"As well as supporting tens of thousands of jobs, the project will connect regions across the UK, improve capacity on our railways and provide a greener option of travel."In October of last year, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove suggested capital investment for HS2 would be reviewed, but Chancellor Jeremy Hunt subsequently backed the project.A budget of £55.7 billion for the whole of HS2 was set in 2015.
He told the PA news agency:"The alternative in the news this morning is using Old Oak Common as a terminal station, which would work for half the number of trains that they want with a bit of redesign, but it wouldn't do the lot.
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