The government has just announced a review into 'whether and how' the HS2 railway will go ahead. Political correspondent tamcohen says there have been 'big concerns' about the final cost. Get the full story here:
"What I have said to Doug Oakervee...is just give us the facts," he said.
Allan Cook, the chairman of the project, reportedly wrote to the Department for Transport last month to warn that the cost could spiral upwards still further - by £30bn.The line, if completed, would run through Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.
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