The Latest Breaking News from HS2

With no apparent irony, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced he was cancelling HS2 – one of the UK’s largest long-term infrastructure projects – under the 2023 Conservative party conference strapline, “Long-term decisions for a brighter future”. He did so after a week of repeatedly saying he would not be…

Meanwhile Andy Burnham says government must safeguard HS2 land and stop sell-off

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Documents detailing projects to be funded with savings from scrapping HS2 deleted from government website

Mark Harper said he was ‘happy to be judged’ on alternative plans for the money that would have been spent on HS2.

Steve Rotheram said there was a ‘buzz’ about the Labour Party similar to 1996.

The home secretary’s attack on immigration is steeped in hypocrisy and reflects an utter lack of historical context

‘High-speed’ trains from Birmingham to Manchester could also impact west coast mainline service

The prime minister was accused of having a ‘breathtaking lack of self-awareness’ for posting the picture alongside a promise to ‘boost our transport’