The Latest Breaking News from HS2

Regional leaders express dismay at prospect of ditching high-speed rail project’s northern leg

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham among local leaders in talks with transport chiefs

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

With Tory conference looming and talk of delaying decision to autumn statement, the row could intensify further

Chair, John Stevenson, says they could back a compromise on phase 2 if ‘Charles line’ preserved

‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

Letters: A system built purely for speed ignores the needs of the populations it’s trying to connect, says Andrew Gore. Plus letters from David Watts, Allan Whittow and Jonathan Leeming

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…