HS2 will benefit Wales even after northern leg is scrapped – minister

PA Wire

Wales will continue to benefit from HS2 even after its northern leg has been scrapped, a minister has claimed.

James Davies, a Welsh Office minister, faced questions about why extra devolved cash for HS2, known as Barnett consequentials, would not be given to Wales now that the part of the scheme said to most benefit Wales – the Manchester leg – had been scrapped.