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Michael Howie and Jitendra Joshi

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reviewing how HS2 cost can be ‘controlled’, minister says

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reviewing how the spiralling costs of HS2 can be “controlled”, a minister said on Tuesday, but Manchester’s mayor threatened legal action if the Government fails to link his city to Birmingham.

Home Office minister Chris Philp told Sky News: “It’s gone up a lot. It’s roughly tripled, I think since it was first conceived.

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