The Latest Breaking News from HS2

HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has been scrapped

As he prepares for what may be his last party conference as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is working on a truly unpleasant gift for Manchester, host city to the gathering that opens on Sunday. Though ministers insist that no final decision has been taken, they have conspicuously declined to deny…

Rishi Sunak says his government is committed to ‘spreading opportunity around the country, not just in the North but in the Midlands, in all other regions of our fantastic country’

A variety of stories feature on the front of the UK’s newspapers on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister has reportedly told allies he will not watch the cost continue to rise, in a sign he could be preparing to ditch the northern leg.

The project is shrouded in uncertainty and other countries’ railway constructions appear to be cheaper

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

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’

For far too long Rishi Sunak had been held back by successive Tory governments. Time for some unspecified action