The Manchester leg of the high speed rail project has been scrapped, ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston reports. | ITV National News
The Manchester leg of HS2 has been shelved, ITV News understands, meaning the north west will no longer get a high speed rail connection to London.
The Leeds leg had already been cancelled and now all lines beyong Birmingham have been abandoned, meaning Crewe will also miss out on high speed rail.But Mr Sunak, who refused on numerous occasions in the run up to conference to confirm reports it was being scrapped, says priorities in the north west lie elsewhere.
He shrugged off concerns his indecision over HS2 is damaging investment, and insisted it was important for taxpayers to get value for money on huge infrastructure projects. The PM many times noted during the various interviews “there are spades in the ground” to build phase one of HS2 between Birmingham and Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.
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