THE UK Government’s disastrous HS2 project will now only run from London to Birmingham, with Rishi Sunak set to scrap the Manchester leg,…
THE UK Government’s disastrous HS2 project will now only run from London to Birmingham, with Rishi Sunak set to scrap the Manchester leg, according to reports.
Reports on Monday across multiple news outlets suggested that the Birmingham to Manchester leg was next for the chopping block.A drastic cost-cutting exercise could also see it end at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs, rather than reach its centre at Euston. On Sunday, Sunak insisted the UK is not a “laughing stock” as he failed to announce a decision on whether HS2 will ever reach Manchester as he visited the city for the Tory party conference.
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove described HS2 as an “important project” but he said “we do need to look at value for money”.“The costs of this project have been significantly greater than originally estimated,” he told Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.links in the North need to be improved between and within cities, as critics say axing the full HS2 project would jeopardise the levelling up project.
“Let’s cut HS2, save the money on HS2, give that back to people just as a starter,” he told Channel 4 News.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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