HS2
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Labour delegates call for HS2 to be built in full
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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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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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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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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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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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From the archive: When the government said ‘yes’ to HS2
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With its future currently uncertain, take a look back at this archive article from 2012 following the announcement that the government planned to go ahead with HS2. What has changed and what has stayed the same?
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Continuing to put money into HS2 ‘irresponsible’, says former transport secretary
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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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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 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design
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HS2’s west London station has been awarded an outstanding score for its environmental design.
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HS2 ‘unachievable’ according to major projects body
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The HS2 programme has received an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
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