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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

List of projects to be funded by HS2 money ‘only illustrative’, Sunak says

A Metrolink tram near Manchester airport with an airplane in the sky.
An extension of the Metrolink tram to Manchester airport was on the list of projects to be funded by HS2 money. This was completed in 2014. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A list of transport projects to be funded using HS2 money, which included schemes that had already been built or were swiftly deleted, was intended only to be “illustrative”, the prime minister has said.

Speaking to the BBC, Rishi Sunak repeatedly dodged or refused to answer questions about the list, which was published alongside his announcement that the northern leg of the HS2 rail link would be scrapped.

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