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No More High‑Speed Rail for the North: Reform UK's Tice Announces Cutbacks For Northern Rail

Richard Tice announces Reform UK cutbacks to Northern Powerhouse Rail on 8 September 2025; critics like Andy Burnham decry second-class north; focus on voter needs over vanity projects

International Business Times UK

Reform UK would axe any high-speed northern rail schemes, says Richard Tice

Deputy leader tells firms considering bidding for contracts to ‘not bother’ as party would spend on what ‘country needs more’

The Guardian - UK

Reform say they will axe Northern Powerhouse Rail if they get into power

Mr Tice made his comments in a forward to a report by centre-right think tank Policy Exchange

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Costain revenues slide due to completed road projects and HS2 delays

However, the London-based firm has said it has seen levels of new work grow amid a boost from the Government’s infrastructure strategy.

Evening Standard

Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project

Starmer and Reeves expected to announce move before Labour conference, with aim of boosting backbench morale

The Guardian - UK

How the HS2 shambles could have been avoided – if we’d copied the Swiss

Train Talk: After all the squandered billions, some lessons for the future of railway expansion

The Independent UK

Call for homes to be sold back after HS2 line scrapped

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Nigel Farage says Reform would spend over £17bn to halve UK crime

Party leader says plans, including deportations and new prisons, would be paid for by scrapping HS2 and net zero

The Guardian - UK

Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers

Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby group

The Guardian - UK

HS2 subcontractor’s role on £100m ‘bat tunnel’ terminated after claims of inflated pay rates

Contractor BAM ends Danny Sullivan Group’s involvement following investigation into ‘compliance issues’

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth line trains would 'save residents from 20 years of HS2 blight' at Old Oak Common

Residents say early start of Lizzie line service at £2bn mega-station would be ‘game changer’ in easing woe caused by HS2 delays

Evening Standard

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

The Independent UK

HS2’s structures should have been ‘largely completed’ by now

Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd chief executive, said one of the main causes of the delays was starting construction work before designs were finalised.

Evening Standard

HS2 high-speed train line is only a third complete, admits boss Mark Wild in bombshell update to MPs

Beleaguered scheme two to three years behind schedule - but ‘good progress’ at Old Oak Common station

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The Guardian - UK

HS2 should be stopped in its tracks

Letters: Bruce White says more thought should have been given to the question ‘What is the business need?’, Alan Peabody says stop throwing good money after bad and Tanya Firth thinks there should be a public inquiry

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘This project has always been the wrong way round’: Readers split on future of HS2

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Independent readers are split on the future of HS2. While some argued, ‘if you were only going to build half, you’d build the other half’ in the North, others said the project should be scrapped before more money is wasted

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Scottish taxpayers should not be treated as 'afterthought' of HS2 project, say SNP

SCOTTISH taxpayers will have contributed billions of pounds to HS2 so should not be treated as an “after thought”, the SNP have said.

Evening Standard

Rail minister blasts ‘arrogant’ HS2 over crisis-hit flagship project

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill said the flagship development has gone ‘badly wrong’.

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The Independent UK

‘I was forced to sell my land for HS2 leg days before it was axed. Now I fear I’ll never get it back’

Five days after farmer Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring was forced to sell 250 acres, the northern leg of the HS2 line was axed - now he fears he’ll never be able to get the land back

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on HS2 delays: a chance to break the cycle of costly failure

Editorial: The botched London-Birmingham line is a symbol of malaise in British politics. Getting it done would signal renewal

The Guardian - UK

HS2: a complete failure by the British state and its politicians

There have been many chances to avert this ‘appalling mess’, but, fuelled by political puff and short-termism, the project has become a farce

The Guardian - UK

HS2: 16 years of high hopes, bruising reality and burgeoning costs

As the government announces a further delay, here are key moments in the troubled project’s history so far

The Guardian - UK

HS2 delayed beyond 2033 as minister attacks ‘appalling mess’

Heidi Alexander says billions wasted in ‘litany of failure’ but vows ‘new era of leadership’ will turn project around

Evening Standard

Minister says she will ‘sort out’ HS2 and confirms opening will be delayed

The project has suffered repeated delays and soaring costs despite being scaled back.

The Independent UK

Voices: Is HS2 still worth completing, or is it just a £66bn mistake? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Many now believe the HS2 saga highlights the need for a faster, more integrated, locally driven, and accountable approach to infrastructure in the UK

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