HS2

Labour delegates call for HS2 to be built in full

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Alex Bestwick

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10 October 2023

Labour members have voted in favour of building HS2 in full after Sir Keir Starmer failed to commit to reversing the decision to scrap the northern leg of the high-speed line.
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Plans to reopen Leamside Line appear to be dropped from Network North after 24 hours

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Alex Bestwick

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5 October 2023

Reopening the Leamside Line has been removed from the initial list of projects for Rishi Sunak’s Network North programme just 24 hours after the announcement.
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Cancelling HS2 contracts will cost hundreds of millions

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Alex Bestwick

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5 October 2023

Paying off contracts previously awarded for cancelled HS2 sections will cost hundreds of millions of pounds, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has indicated.
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Northern leg of HS2 cancelled

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Alex Bestwick

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3 October 2023

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the northern leg of HS2 will not go ahead.
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Unions call for emergency summit to discuss HS2

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Alex Bestwick

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29 September 2023

Unions are calling for an emergency summit to discuss HS2 as speculation about the high-speed railway line’s future continues.
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Continuing to put money into HS2 ‘irresponsible’, says former transport secretary

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Alex Bestwick

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25 September 2023

It would be “irresponsible” to keep putting money into the HS2 project in the face of rising costs, a Cabinet minister has said as Rishi Sunak reportedly considered scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the route.
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Minister insists HS2 ‘is being built’ amid reports of the project being scrapped

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Alex Bestwick

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15 September 2023

A Government minister has insisted the HS2 railway line “is being built” following reports that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s second stage.
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HS2 ‘unachievable’ according to major projects body

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Alex Bestwick

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31 July 2023

The HS2 programme has received an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
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HS2 boss resigns amid major delays and cost pressures

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Alex Bestwick

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12 July 2023

HS2 Ltd’s chief executive has announced his resignation amid major delays and cost pressures for the high-speed railway project.
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Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project, MPs told

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Alex Bestwick

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7 July 2023

Pausing HS2 work at Euston shows the Government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the station despite more than eight years of planning, MPs warned.
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