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The HS2 affair has highlighted a number of weaknesses in UK public administration. The list is rather long, much like the prime minister’s shopping list of new and old transport schemes.
Most obviously there is the “presidential” style of the statement…
Downing Street has called it the ‘recast’ of HS2[1]. The end of the line for high-speed rail to Manchester[2] was announced on Wednesday (October 4).
Rishi Sunak said his government now wants to make sure the multi-billion-pound scheme is part of a ‘bl…
Labour will not undo Rishi Sunak’s decision to scrap HS2, as the party will work with what inherits at the next election, “not the one we wished we did” as top shadow cabinet minister has said.
In an exclusive interview with The Yorkshire Post ahead o…
Rail Minister Huw Merriman has denied claims the Government’s new Network North plan is “a fairytale” and said he is keen to “get on and deliver” the projects which have been promised.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to scrap the sec…
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The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced numerous transport investments in the north – using money from the scrapped Manchester leg of HS2.
This included a £2 billion investment in a new rail station in Bradford.
And today, Mr Merriman and Ma…
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On 4 October, Rishi Sunak[2] scrapped the Northern section of HS2, confirming reports[3] that the axing was on the cards. Addressing the Conservative Party conference – which happened to be in Manchester – Sunak said HS2 woul…
Rishi Sunak desperately tried to quell criticism of his decision to axe HS2’s northern leg by announcing the £36billion earmarked for the Birmingham to Manchester scheme would instead be pumped into other transport schemes.
Projects identified in the 4…