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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

HS2 contractor: 'We won't stop digging until we reach Euston'

HS2 contractors say they plan to press ahead with digging tunnels to Euston, despite the Government having effectively sent the high-speed link to central London crashing into the buffers.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month ordered the cost of the Euston leg to be reduced by £6.5bn – meaning it will only be built if it can be part-financed with private investment.

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