The latest updates as Rishi Sunak prepares to address the final day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, a gathering that has been dominated by the future of HS2.
We're now a little under 40 minutes away from what could be a landmark speech in Rishi Sunak's premiership.
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We spoke a short while ago with the mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, about the expected announcement from the PM to scrap the northern leg of HS2. She accused the PM of"taking the country in the wrong direction" and said this decision is"a step backwards".
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