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No 10 refuses to guarantee HS2 will run to Manchester

The Independent UK

HS2: Doubts mount over Birmingham-Manchester stage of new rail line

No10 refuses to confirm leg will go ahead with £34bn at stake

Evening Standard

Sunak under pressure over HS2 as he refuses to rule out scrapping northern stage

It comes after The Independent revealed ministers are considering shelving the second phase of the high-speed rail line

The Independent UK

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‘Levelling up, my a***’: Andy Burnham blasts government for eyeing cuts to HS2 northern phase

Business group say cutting phase 2 of line would seriously damage government relationship with enterprise

The Independent UK

What is HS2, where will it go and when will it be completed?

The government is rethinking plans for part of Britain’s biggest rail infrastructure project, much delayed and well over budget

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt in talks to scrap phase two of HS2 as costs spiral

Exclusive: PM and chancellor discuss halting ‘unachieveable’ leg of rail line from Birmingham to Manchester

The Independent UK

HS2: is this the end of the line?

Britain has endured its fair share of doomed prestige projects, said Larry Elliott in The Guardian, but “as white elephants go, HS2 is in a class of its own”. Since the high-speed rail link got the formal parliamentary go-ahead in 2012, it has become a byword for bureaucratic incompetence and…

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Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

The machines will be kept in an underground chamber at Old Oak Common, ready to start tunnelling should the central London leg get the go-ahead.

The Independent UK

HS2 is the white elephant in the room. If the Tories won’t scrap it, Labour must

The vanity project is scandalously over budget. Finally cancelling it would show the party is serious about public finances, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

HS2 Euston tunnellers given suspended sentences after retrial

Six activists who occupied tunnel network near London station either pleaded guilty or were found guilty

The Guardian - UK

I’m switching off from automated greetings

Brief letters: People v machines | Sunak’s green pledges | ‘Unachievable’ HS2 | Top children’s TV shows | Raspberry vinegar

The Guardian - UK

HS2 rail plans rated “unachievable” by official watchdog

The rail project has experienced multiple delays and cost hikes

The Independent UK

‘Absolute scandal’ - Concern over lack of step-free platforms at Old Oak Common station

Mayor Sadiq Khan agreed with Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon that it would be “heartbreaking” if the station was not fully accessible

Evening Standard

Extinction Rebellion protester ‘caused £27,000 worth of damage to government building’

Dr Gail Bradbrook, a co-founder of the group, attacked a window of the Department for Transport while protesting against HS2, court hears

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Cost of Euston HS2 terminus could race past £4.8bn estimate, MPs say

Overspend blamed on government indecision, despite eight years spent planning and designing project

Wales Online

HS2 'isn't going to change' to give Wales a financial share, minister says

Wales has missed out on £5bn but it doesn't look like that will be changing anytime soon

Manchester Evening News

Major changes planned for HS2 bill that would allow Manchester connection

HS2 Ltd said the proposed changes would keep it on track to open the line between Crewe and Manchester between 2035 and 2041

Birmingham Post

Plans for HS2 to reach Manchester move forward as major changes proposed

MPs will decide whether the changes are approved

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Nottingham Post

Call for quick action on HS2 as report says delays will cost East Midlands billions every year

One business leader says the Government will need to be regularly reminded what the East Midlands is "expecting"

Birmingham Post

Political and business leaders meeting in Derby to set out "overwhelming" case for HS2 in the East Midlands

'HS2 will nearly double the number of jobs in high value, rail-linked sectors within an hour of Nottingham by rail'

Manchester Evening News

"My rural business of 32 years is in danger of being extinguished by HS2"

A Cheshire man has petitioned ministers to change the plan

The Guardian - UK

Halt new roads and developments adding to emissions, advisers to tell UK government

Committee on Climate Change report likely to recommend ending road-building programme

The Independent UK

‘Financial catastrophe HS2 proves need for private sector interest’ – MP

Tory MP Greg Smith said the ‘total lack of interest’ from the private sector in HS2 should have been a ‘flashing red beacon’ about the rail project.

Manchester Evening News

Government 'drops' plans for two extra platforms at Manchester Piccadilly as MP calls HS2 surface station a 'sub-optimal solution'

Lucy Powell MP pressed the case for an underground HS2 station at Piccadilly and blasted trains and rail connectively in the north as 'quite frankly, absolutely rubbish'

Leeds Live

Tory Rail Minister Huw Merriman 'embarrassed' by 18-month wait for Leeds HS2 report

He says the report is coming soon...or should that be 'very soon'?

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