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The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Brexit boost as EU agrees to hold talks on delaying electric car tariffs

Rishi Sunak government pushing for delay to 2024 deadline

The Independent UK

Blackwall tunnel tolls will definitely be imposed in 2025, says Sadiq Khan

Mayor insists ‘there is nothing sudden’ about the 2025 toll

Evening Standard

Men who confronted Fishmonger’s Hall terrorist with fire extinguisher and ceremonial pike to be honoured

John Crilly and Likasz Koczocik confronted terrorist Usman Khan

Evening Standard

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Men who confronted Fishmonger’s Hall terrorist to be honoured

John Crilly and Likasz Koczocik confronted terrorist Usman Khan with a fire extinguisher and a ceremonial pike.

The Independent UK

Sunak may seek to limit HS2 fallout with new transport projects in north

Sources suggest PM could announce new spending on bus, tram and train schemes if he decides to axe part of HS2

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet split over Sunak’s HS2 ‘gross act of vandalism’

Exclusive: Levelling up secretary Michael Gove and transport secretary Mark Harper ‘very unhappy’ over plan to axe northern leg – first revealed by this newspaper – as George Osborne attacks ‘economic self-harm’

The Independent UK

Tory titans out to derail Sunak over HS2

PM in crisis as top Conservative revolt over plan to scrap northern leg grows

The Independent UK

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Key dates of the HS2 rail project

Plans for HS2 emerged in 2009.

The Independent UK

Scrapping HS2 would be ‘gross act of vandalism’, Osborne and Heseltine warn

The former deputy PM Lord Heseltine and ex-chancellor George Osborne warned the PM not to go ahead with plans to scrap the northern leg of HS2, first revealed by The Independent

The Independent UK

HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?

The leg to Manchester could be axed.

The Independent UK

Deny severance payouts to rule-breaking ministers – Lib Dems

Some who received payments last year returned to government within months, the party said.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson should pay back taxpayer-funded Partygate legal fees, says Labour

Exclusive: Party also calls for an investigation into ‘issues’ with the Cabinet Office’s inquiry sign-off process

The Guardian - UK

How much could HS2 cost and what is at stake?

From spiralling costs to route changes – here’s a breakdown of the numbers

The Guardian - UK

HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?

The leg to Manchester could be axed.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

High-speed rail was touted as a game-changer in Britain. Costs are making the government think twice

The British government is considering scrapping a big chunk of an overdue and over-budget high-speed rail line once touted as a way to attract jobs and investment to northern England

The Guardian - UK

Next BBC chair faces tougher scrutiny over conflicts of interest

After the row that led to Richard Sharp’s exit, a more rigorous selection process is now in place

The Guardian - UK

‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

The prime minister has reset his party’s agenda with a wave of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or a blind panic?

The National (Scotland)

Inside the secretive Tory 1922 committee which ‘slays leaders'

IT’S a secretive body of Tory backbenchers which hit the headlines as MPs plotted the downfall of Boris Johnson.

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The Independent UK

Tory big beasts turn on Rishi Sunak’s ‘insane’ plan to scrap HS2

David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the government’s own infrastructure tsar join outcry against ‘tragedy’ of cancelling Birmingham to Manchester rail line – first revealed in The Independent

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Rishi Sunak’s net zero backtrack: a cynical ploy that won’t play with voters

The prime minister has trashed the consensus on climate to no electoral avail for the Tories

The Independent UK

Lib Dems would seek ‘root-and-branch’ reform of post-Brexit relationship – Davey

The party has suggested a four-stage road map to ‘rebuilding’ the UK’s relationship with the EU.

Evening Standard

Former Tory leaders condemn ‘desperate’ move to ditch HS2 to Manchester

Boris Johnson said rumoured cuts to HS2 were ‘Treasury driven nonsense’, with David Cameron also said to have intervened.

The Independent UK

Scrapping second leg of HS2 would be a ‘tragedy’, warns government tsar

Boris Johnson and David Cameron have also warned Rishi Sunak not to cut back the project, with the former saying it would ‘mutilate’ the planned rail network

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not the first generation to wonder how genuine our leaders are’: Mary Beard on politicians as performers

From Nero to Sunak, leaders have always put on a show for the public. The scholar explores the notorious Roman emperor’s fondness for acting and how the stage became a metaphor for power itself

The Independent UK

Former Tory PMs hit back at ‘desperate’ move to ditch HS2 to Manchester

Boris Johnson said rumoured cuts to HS2 were ‘Treasury driven nonsense’, with David Cameron also said to have intervened.

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