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‘Like a boozy wake’: HS2 and infighting overshadow Tory conference

Rishi Sunak’s hope to present his leadership as a clear change from his predecessors fails to win over a flagging party faithful

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Key moments of Sunak’s HS2-cutting, ‘beauty pageant’ of a Tory conference

The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Staffordshire villagers ‘suffered because of HS2 and should be compensated’

Residents will be ‘relieved’ to hear the line from Birmingham to Manchester has been axed, a parish council chairman has said.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Tories heading for landslide election defeat, says Britain’s top pollster

Exclusive: Sunak could be presiding over ‘wake’ at conference, warns Prof John Curtice – with voters furious over NHS failures, cost of living, migrants and Liz Truss

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

‘It’s torture’: communities left in property limbo by HS2 indecision

While some living in the path of the planned railway sold up, others have stayed put, unsure when or even if they will be forced out

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

HS2 boss resigns amid speculation of further cuts

HS2 Ltd boss Mark Thurston leaves his role on Friday

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023

‘We are a political project’: how HS2’s costs have spiralled out of control

Placating Conservatives in marginal seats, inflation in construction and a maze of bureaucracy have seen the cost balloon from £32bn to £71bn

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

Rish! fails to lay it on the line as local radio demands HS2 answers

Sunak refuses to speculate on his own speculation over future of Birmingham to Manchester leg

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

OPINION - From HS2 to raw sewage and Nadine Dorries: how do we stop the narrative of decline?

I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from chronic metaphor fatigue. There is nothing that goes horribly wrong, falls apart, arrives late, costs too much, delays millions and undermines our sanity that cannot be co-opted as a metaphor for Britain’s dysfunction in 2023. Everyone wants to control the narrative…

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Tory ministers are to blame for spiralling HS2 costs, says ex-rail boss

Former HS2 chairman fires back at ‘short sighted’ ministers and says axing northern leg would be ‘scandalous’

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023