UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the northern leg of the long-awaited high-speed rail network, HS2, that was expected to connect the capital London to northern city of Manchester covering a distance of 530km (330 miles) will be cancelled.
In his closing speech at this year’s Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the British prime minister blamed doubling of costs for the decision that has drawn criticism both from his party, as well the opposition Labour Party, which had launched the project.
