Is a Tory rebellion putting the brakes on HS2?
Michael Crick looks at the Tory backlash against HS2, the plan for a high speed rail link between London and Birmingham.
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The government has given the HS2 project the green light – but campaigners say the battle for high speed rail in the UK is not yet won. Channel 4 News looks at the arguments for and against.
A government-commissioned report gives the clearest indication yet that the proposed £32 billion HS2 high-speed rail project will be given the go ahead.
Michael Crick looks at the Tory backlash against HS2, the plan for a high speed rail link between London and Birmingham.
MPs on the transport committee will say that if ministers continue to face opposition at the southern end of the proposed HS2 line, they ought to think about switching the project round, and start instead in the north, reports Michael Crick.
As the consultation deadline for the £32bn high-speed rail network approaches, campaigners tell Channel 4 News it is “totally flawed,” whilst the FactCheck team explore the issue of compensation.
The worst-hit councils have lost two thirds of bus services when we account for population rises.
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Rishi Sunak is desperate to move away from questions about whether HS2 will be scrapped or foreshortened. His answer, it seems, sounds like a culture war on behalf of embattled motorists.
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
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The government is facing a backlash from some Conservative MPs in northern England ahead of an expected announcement to scrap part of the flagship HS2 high speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds.
Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has given his keynote speech at the party’s annual conference today, pledging to smash down the Tory’s blue wall.