HS2 has been accused of “madness” after new figures reveal it has spent £37m of taxpayers’ cash buying up homes – long after parts of the high-speed rail line were scrapped.
Two years ago, then prime minister Rishi Sunak scrapped phase 2 of the HS2 line from the West Midlands to Manchester – but The Independent can reveal that bosses continued to purchase properties along the now-axed route, shelling out £25.5m on 25 sites until October this year.
