West Midlands mayor Andy Street said he came “close” to resigning from his role after “very robust” conversations with the Prime Minister about HS2 in the last 36 hours.
Addressing journalists at Millennium Point in Birmingham, which overlooks the construction site where the HS2 Curzon Street station will stand, Mr Street said he was “confronted” with “out of the blue” plans from the Government to curtail the line to Manchester two weeks ago.
