Reform UK would axe any high-speed northern rail schemes, says Richard Tice

Reform’s Richard Tice says government plans to commit to further high-speed rail schemes ‘could make HS2’s problems and price tag look trivial’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

A Reform government would axe any high-speed rail schemes earmarked for the north, the party’s deputy leader has warned.

Richard Tice said companies considering bidding for contracts should “not bother” as the party would “spend the money instead on things the country needs more”.