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HS2 decision overshadows beginning of Conservative Party Conference
The Tories have reached Manchester for their party conference although it’s far from clear if High Speed Rail ever will.
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Theresa May becomes third former PM to oppose scaling back HS2
Theresa May has become the third former prime minister to oppose scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 rail project. And it’s Manchester where the Conservative party faithful are now gathering for their annual conference. Our senior political correspondent Paul Mcnamara is there with them.
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Scrapping northern HS2 leg is ‘political short termism at its worst’, says Manchester Cllr
Joining us now from Manchester is the city council leader Bev Craig.
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What is the HS2 row really about?
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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HS2 row: Rishi Sunak says he’s committed to ‘levelling up’
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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HS2 railway scrap plans ‘economic vandalism’ says Labour West Yorkshire mayor
We spoke to the Labour West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin and the Conservative MP Greg Smith, who’s described HS2 as a financial catastrophe. We started by asking Greg Smith if he supported axing the second leg of the high speed railway.
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Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak against “mutilating” HS2 railway project
The UK has been building the HS2 high-speed railway line since 2017. Years of delay, billions of pounds over budget and now Rishi Sunak is thought to be considering axing part of the HS2 High Speed rail project linking London with the North. Two former Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson have…
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HS2: ‘We have watered down version of something that could have been magnificent’, says Mayor of West Yorkshire
We spoke to Tracy Brabin, the Labour elected Mayor of West Yorkshire, and Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton Kevin Hollinrake.
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PM denies breaking promise to level up North, as HS2 extension is scrapped
The prime minister came to Gascoigne Wood, near Selby in North Yorkshire, for an interview shared between the main UK broadcasters.
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How the North and Midlands reacted to shelving of HS2 line
Clare Fallon reported from Leeds, after the government scrapped the Leeds leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line, and Darshna Soni reported from Nottingham.
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HS2: Government accused of ‘betraying’ North and Midlands over scrapped rail extension
The government says the new plan is in fact the “green signal” for a network of modern high speed rail. Boris Johnson called the package “fantastic, monumental”.
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We talk to activists at the HS2 underground protest in London
The environmental campaigners, including the veteran activist known as Swampy, have dug tunnels beneath a garden square next to London’s Euston station in a bid to protect the green space.
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HS2: Construction starts on rail project as protests continue over environmental cost
Construction on the HS2 high-speed rail project officially started today, as the company said it would create 22,000 jobs.
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HS2 using hawks ‘to deter birds from nesting in wood’
Conservationists say that while legal, the technique is ineffective and immoral.
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HS2 ‘costs will now be under control’ – Chancellor Sajid Javid
As well as concerns about the huge cost of HS2, there wasn’t much else for the Chancellor to cheer about today – as new figures showed the British economy flatlined in the last three months of the financial year.