Osborne warns Sunak scrapping HS2 to Manchester would be 'act of vandalism'

The former chancellor and Lord Heseltine are strongly against the floundering high speed rail decisions and have said the prime minister is abandoning the north

Former Conservative chancellor George Osborne said not continuing with the line from Birmingham to Manchester would be “a gross act of vandalism” and would leave a whole section of the UK “abandoned” by the Government.

The scheme has faced delay and cuts already – with a previously planned leg of the route between Birmingham and Leeds already axed. The last official estimate on

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