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HS2 leg to be delayed and road projects slowed to make savings

Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced the move on Thursday.

The Independent UK

'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off the rails like HS2'

Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?

Daily Mirror

Construction of HS2's link line to Manchester delayed by two years

Labour said the Phase 2a delay meant the North was again having to 'pay the price' for Government failures.

Manchester Evening News

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HS2 route to be delayed by TWO years in Tory betrayal of northern voters

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said the Government will delay building the Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 by two years. Labour said: 'The North is yet again being asked to pay the price for staggering Conservative failure'

Daily Mirror

HS2 to be delayed by two more years due to soaring costs

Birmingham to Crewe stretch put on hold and major roadbuilding schemes slowed in response to inflation surge

The Guardian - UK

Government confirms further HS2 delays in bid to cut costs

Construction of the line between Birmingham and Crewe will be delayed by two years

The Independent UK

HS2 construction delays expected in bid to cut costs

Delays expected to hit sections from Birmingham and Crew, and Crewe and Manchester

The Independent UK

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Large sections of HS2 to be delayed to save cash, ministers set to announce

The imminent announcement has sparked fury, with one Tory MP saying his constituency has been "blighted" by fields being turned into construction sites

Daily Mirror

Government announces HS2 construction delay to cut costs

Construction of HS2 between Birmingham and Crewe will be delayed by two years, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said

Evening Standard

Parts of HS2 to be delayed or cut as ministers prepare to reveal rising costs

At least £2bn extra needed for London-Birmingham section as inflation fuels yet more budget overruns on troubled rail project

The Guardian - UK

HS2 construction delay to save money 'potentially a real body blow for the UK's economic recovery'

The delays could mainly impact the railway between Birmingham and Crewe, and between Crewe and Manchester

Birmingham Post

Tories told to 'get on' with HS2 as Labour vows to build high speed rail line in full

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told the Tories to 'Get on with it, stop wasting taxpayers’ money as she renewed the party's promise to construct the track's eastern leg

Daily Mirror

Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'

Daily Mirror

HS2 could be delayed further, project boss says, but 'confidence' over Manchester route remaining

'I think it all sounds eminently sensible and I think the challenge is that this isn’t unique to HS2.'

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Evening Standard

HS2 timeline: government confirms train will run to London Euston

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the HS2 train line will continue into the city centre by connecting to London Euston and will not terminate at Old Oak Common – as had been mooted.

Evening Standard

Delaying HS2 is one option to limit soaring costs of project, admits chief

HS2 chief’s comments comes after rail minister Huw Merriman said that the Government remains ’absolutely committed’ to the project

The Guardian - UK

HS2 rail line could be further delayed to cut costs, says boss

Talks under way with UK government over timings of project as prices of materials soar

Daily Mirror

HS2 boss admits project could be delayed amid spiralling costs and soaring inflation

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the HS2 high-speed rail project over the past year has been ‘significant’ as bosses and the Government consider delaying to curb costs

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The Independent UK

HS2 boss says delays among options being explored to curb rising costs

Mark Thurston said the impact of inflation on the project over the past year has been ‘significant’.

Birmingham Post

Government 'absolutely committed' to HS2 from London to Manchester and east of England

It was recently reported HS2 might not run to its planned central London terminus at Euston due to rising costs

Birmingham Post

'Don't dither and deliver HS2 all the way' says Midlands Connect chief

Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today

Evening Standard

HS2 borehole spews out mystery foam at rugby club putting work on hold

‘We’ve all watched Marvel and Dr Who, we just thought where is this going to go?’

Evening Standard

Mystery foam emerges from HS2 tunnel boring under west London rugby club

A pool of brown bubbling foam has appeared where work to build the HS2 high speed rail line is being carried out. The five metre (16ft) “mini geyser” on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, west London, is near to where some of the tunnelling work is being carried out. Work…

Birmingham Post

Hargreaves Services hails carbon cutting conveyor as part of HS2 work

The engineering project intends to cut out the need for HGV journeys

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham’s singing station clock – a platform for ‘ordinary’ voices

Aural clock, designed by Turner prize winner Susan Philipsz for Curzon Street HS2 station, features sounds made by 1,092 city folk

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