HS2 was chosen as the best compromise and needs to go ahead in full | Phillip Inman

Ministers must resist experts’ recommendations to reduce speed or curtail the network

It’s the most important infrastructure project of the next decade and the prime minister believes it can be thoroughly reviewed by a panel of experts in just a few weeks. A report giving a final verdict should be ready by around October.

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