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Pulling plug on HS2 ‘would be final nail in coffin for levelling up’

Exclusive: Business leaders and politicians in north of England say scrapping high-speed rail link would threaten businesses and jobs

The Guardian - UK

My Weil by Lars Iyer review – a sharp satire on the state of higher education

Corporate academia, a crumbling society and student pretensions are all skewered in this darkly comic novel

The Guardian - UK

Labour says Sunak should take blame for soaring HS2 costs as they happened on his ‘direct watch’ – as it happened

Labour says HS2 costs almost trebled while Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury, chancellor and then PM

The Guardian - UK

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Labour mayors urge Sunak not to scrap, delay or scale back HS2

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

The Guardian - UK

Erik ten Hag explains Mason Mount return plan after Manchester United hit by double fitness blow

Mason Mount earned high praise from Erik ten Hag after making his injury return for Manchester United in the Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace.

Evening Standard

Five Labour mayors join forces to derail Sunak’s plan to axe HS2

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

The Independent UK

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

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Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Mayor of London Saqiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory.

The Independent UK

HS2: Five Labour mayors to demand PM keeps project on track

On Tuesday, Home Office minister Chris Philp said Mr Sunak was reviewing how the cost of HS2 could be ‘controlled’.

The Independent UK

How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated

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

The Independent UK

Northern Research Group of Tory MPs signals it may accept delay to HS2

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

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

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

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

The Independent UK

How much time will HS2 save? Northern leg axed by PM

HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has been scrapped

Evening Standard

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OPINION - HS2 could transform Britain — why do we refuse to think big?

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…

The Independent UK

Is Manchester United v Crystal Palace on TV tonight? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch Carabao Cup tie

Everything you need to know ahead of the Carabao Cup third round fixture

Evening Standard

Newcastle vs Man City: Carabao Cup prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h, odds today

Manchester City head to Newcastle today looking to reclaim the trophy they have enjoyed lifting throughout the Pep Guardiola era.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian’s popular food podcast, Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, is back on the menu with its first book, live shows and new episodes

The Guardian’s Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back, releasing its first book, heading to the stage with two special live events in London and Manchester and new episodes of the podcast.

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The Independent UK

Sunak trying to ‘control’ HS2 costs after they ‘tripled’, minister says

Home Office minister Chris Philp insisted no decision has been made on whether to scrap or delay the Manchester leg of the rail project.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reviewing how HS2 cost can be ‘controlled’, minister says

But Manchester’s Andy Burnham threatens to sue if high-speed rail doesn’t reach his city

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Billions spent, no track built and still no trains – 14 years on, what happened to HS2?

In today’s newsletter: As the government prepares to scale down its ambitious high speed rail project again, we explore what happened

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘alarmed’ by spiralling cost of HS2 as he faces Cabinet split

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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 Guardian - UK

Abolishing HS2 and inheritance tax? Rish! would not speculate on speculation he started

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

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