Sunak scraps HS2 Manchester leg but promises to ‘reinvest every penny’ saved

Posted on 5 Oct 2023 by James Devonshire
HS2 works, West Ruislip, May 2023. © Copyright Robin Stott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
HS2 works, West Ruislip, May 2023. © Copyright Robin Stott and licensed for reuse under the CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the northern leg of the long-awaited HS2 high-speed railway project is to be scrapped.

Closing this year’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Wednesday, Sunak blamed spiralling costs as the reason why HS2 will no longer link Birmingham and Manchester as previously planned. The government will now scrap the remainder of the project and passengers will need to rely on existing West Coast Mainline track from Birmingham to Manchester,…

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