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What Angela Rayner's speech tells us about Labour's potential to curtail short-termism in UK politics

With no apparent irony, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced he was cancelling HS2 – one of the UK’s largest long-term infrastructure projects – under the 2023 Conservative party conference strapline, “Long-term decisions for a brighter future”. He did so after a week of repeatedly saying he would not be…

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak admits list of HS2 replacement projects just ‘illustrative’ and not pledges

Meanwhile Andy Burnham says government must safeguard HS2 land and stop sell-off

The Independent UK

List of projects to be funded by HS2 money ‘only illustrative’, Sunak says

Some schemes listed as in line for funds from scrapped northern leg of HS2 were swiftly deleted while others are already complete

The Guardian - UK

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Rail workers ‘at war’ with the Government, union boss says

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, accused the Government of wanting to send the rail industry into ‘managed decline’.

The Independent UK

Sunak insists he is the choice for ‘change’ as he defends HS2 decision

Mr Sunak said he does not want to focus on the situation he inherited from previous Conservative administrations but wants to do things ‘differently’.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes questions on HS2, net zero and education at Nottingham event

Watch live as Rishi Sunak holds a ‘PM connect’ event in Nottingham on Monday 9 October.

The Independent UK

Pocketless storage for handkerchiefs

Brief letters: Women’s fashions | HS2 promises | Late blossoms | Partygate | Bedbug story

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HS2: announced transport projects were just ‘examples’, says minister

Documents detailing projects to be funded with savings from scrapping HS2 deleted from government website

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing ambiguous at all’ about our Network North plans – Transport Secretary

Mark Harper said he was ‘happy to be judged’ on alternative plans for the money that would have been spent on HS2.

The Independent UK

Liverpool mayor calls for positive vision as Labour conference begins

Steve Rotheram said there was a ‘buzz’ about the Labour Party similar to 1996.

The Independent UK

Britain has always been a melting pot, Suella Braverman

The home secretary’s attack on immigration is steeped in hypocrisy and reflects an utter lack of historical context

The Guardian - UK

HS2 services to Manchester may run slower than normal trains

‘High-speed’ trains from Birmingham to Manchester could also impact west coast mainline service

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak mocked for boasting about scrapping HS2 from private plane

The prime minister was accused of having a ‘breathtaking lack of self-awareness’ for posting the picture alongside a promise to ‘boost our transport’

The Independent UK

Sunak’s spreadsheet solutions for Britain are a product of his ego

The PM’s messianic zeal to dismiss consensus – over HS2, health, education – echoes the errors of the Thatcher years

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After the HS2 fiasco, perhaps the journey is over for heavy engineering in Britain

It was always going to be complicated driving a great railway through expensive, scenic, Tory-voting countryside; best stick to broadband and buses

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan writes to Rishi Sunak for ‘urgent clarification’ of HS2 Euston plans

The mayor said the high-speed line could ‘overwhelm’ existing Tube connections

The Independent UK

HS2 to Euston ‘wishful thinking’ without public funding, says London mayor in plea to PM

Sadiq Khan says there’s no guarantee prive firms will stump up cash to pay for project

The Conversation

What the decision to curtail HS2 and embrace cars means for the UK's cities

If you consider the decision by the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, to cancel phase two of the high-speed rail project, HS2 in the context of the government’s growing pro-car stance, the potential ramifications for the country are profound.

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The Independent UK

Conservative Party conference explained: John Rentoul answers your questions

Our chief political correspondent John Rentoul answers your questions on HS2, the smoking ban and what’s next for the Conservatives following Rishi Sunak’s first keynote speech as party leader

Evening Standard

Rails minister touts private money for Euston amid HS2 uncertainty

Opponents say PM’s new HS2 plan is lurching into ‘farce’

The Independent UK

HS2 alternative plans watered down or dropped a day after being announced

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said Network North was a ‘back of a fag packet’ plan.

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to be less cautious after suggesting he may not reverse HS2 cuts

The Labour leader accused the Government of taking a ‘wrecking ball to this project’.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Independent UK

Government U-turn on HS2 alternatives less than 24 hours after announcement

Line in North East and Bristol transport ‘revolution’ dropped from plans as doubts emerge over Euston extension

The Guardian - UK

Ten problems with Rishi Sunak’s Network North announcement

Prospectus repeats old promises, ditches others and demonstrates an elastic definition of ‘the north’

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