Theresa May has joined the Conservative heavyweight pile-on against Rishi Sunak over HS2 as she becomes the third former Tory prime minister to call for the project not to be axed.
Asked on Saturday if she would cut HS2, the former Tory leader responded with a categoric “no” over fears that abandoning the line into Euston will disrupt trains from her constituency, Maidenhead. She also warned that scaling back the project would leave the northwest without the railway capacity it desperately needs.
