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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dominic McGrath

Labour studying HS2 costs amid questions over fate of Manchester leg

PA Wire

Fresh questions have been asked about the fate of the new HS2 railway line after a senior Labour figure declined to commit to the project being built in full.

Pat McFadden, who is also shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: “We want to see the railway being built, it looks as though the Government is now putting a question mark over this, there may be revised costs to that.

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