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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Sunak refuses to apologise for axing HS2 amid backlash from former PMs

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise for cancelling the northern leg of HS2, despite heavy criticism from his predecessors in Number 10.

The Prime Minister defied senior Tories and business leaders to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester, saying “the facts have changed” and the cost of the high-speed rail scheme had “more than doubled”.

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