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‘The reality is the North didn’t get to keep all of the money from HS2’, says Northern Powerhouse Partnership boss
There’s been more fallout from the cancellation of the HS2 project today after the Department of Transport posted a tweet highlighting how some of the money formerly allocated to HS2 will now be spent.
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HS2: Meet the farmers and residents still disrupted by the cancelled scheme
It’s been two months since the northern leg of the HS2 rail line was cancelled by the prime minister, but for some of the people living along its proposed route, the disruption is far from over.
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‘We’re not involved at all’ – northern leaders react to HS2 announcement
Joining Cathy in Leeds, the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and the Chief Exec of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.
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HS2: what’s been shelved, what’s being kept and how much will it cost?
Let’s have a look at the ditched HS2 plans. What’s being shelved, what will remain and how much has it cost?
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HS2: Will property owners be compensated for years of disruption?
Now the second leg has been cancelled many will be asking whether they’ll be compensated for the years of disruption and uncertainty.
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HS2 leg cancellation is money ‘better spent’ for the north and midlands, says rail minister
Krishnan spoke to the rail minister, Huw Merriman. He put it to him that, given the government used to say it would deliver on HS2, these new transport pledges might face a credibility problem
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Sunak scraps HS2 leg – saying he knows what ‘north really needs’
The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics.
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FactCheck: what is HS2 and how much would it have cost to reach Manchester?
What was originally planned for HS2 and what will the change mean for journey times?
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Debate: should Tories scrap HS2 northern leg?
The Tory Party Conference in Manchester has been dominated by the decision to shelve this city’s high speed rail connection to London, a choice Rishi Sunak has made, we understand, though not yet announced.
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Northern Research Group of MPs ‘willing to compromise’ over HS2
While HS2 was deemed integral to the government’s levelling up project, the Northern Research Group of MPs, many of whose seats are in so-called red wall areas, have indicated recently they’d accept a compromise over connections to London as long as East-West links connecting Northern cities get built.
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Plans to scrap HS2 ‘will permanently reduce the size of the northern economy,’ says Andy Burnham
We spoke to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and began by asking him how much instability was being caused by the government’s position on HS2.
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‘It’s a way of keeping the north down’: Manchester commuters react to HS2 plans
While the future of the rail project designed to speed up links to their city is being discussed inside the conference hall, our North of England correspondent, Clare Fallon has been talking to people here in Manchester about their reaction to reports it’s been shelved.
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No decision has been made on HS2,’ says Gillian Keegan
We spoke to the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, and started by asking her whether she’d been invited to a cabinet meeting about HS2.
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HS2: UK set to scrap rail link to Manchester
The news that Rishi Sunak had decided to scrap the HS2 rail link to Manchester was starting to leak just as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt got to his feet to address Tory members.
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Cut HS2 and spend saved money on public services, Jacob Rees-Mogg says
We were joined by the former cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.
