Ministers looking at ‘pipeline of schemes’ to run HS2 north of Birmingham

HS2 tunnelling at Old Oak Common in west London (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ministers are looking at a “realistic pipeline of schemes” to link HS2 to destinations north of Birmingham, the Transport Secretary has said.

Heidi Alexander told the Commons that Labour last year found a “ragtag collection of half-baked, unfunded spending commitments for rail schemes up and down the country” after they won the general election.