MYSTERIOUS: 12 - What They Never Told You

Rishi Sunak strips HS2 bosses of responsibility for Euston

The Prime Minister said ‘there must be some accountability for the mistakes made’

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2023

Key takeaways from Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech - HS2, smoking ban and A-levels axe

PM was hoping to brush off days of party infighting and speculation about the future of HS2 with a pitch to fix Britain’s ‘broken’ politics

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak announces scaling back of HS2 in Tory conference speech

PM makes expected announcement axing Manchester leg of rail link as he attempts to portray it as positive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak finally axes HS2 in the north – weeks after The Independent revealed plan

Former PM David Cameron leads outrage over ‘wrong’ decision, but Tory mayor Andy Street stops short of resigning

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Tell us: will you be affected by the scrapping of the HS2 leg to Manchester?

The HS2 route route from Birmingham to Manchester is to be axed. How will you be affected?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

‘Why single us out?’ Bradfordians up in arms after Lee Anderson HS2 diss

Some of the half a million Bradfordians have been outraged by Lee Anderson’s HS2 quip

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Slow the trains and slow the build to save billions on HS2, advises former Eurostar director

‘High-speed lines have a habit of creating political potholes for ministers,’ says Paul Charles

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Watch again: Sunak confirms HS2 plans scrapped in Conservative Party conference speech

Watch as Rishi Sunak closes the annual Conservative Party conference on Wednesday 4 October.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Tory mayor Andy Street decides not to quit despite Sunak scrapping HS2 leg

West Midlands mayor says he remains committed to high-speed rail link to Manchester after suggestion he might leave party over move

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Sunak scraps Manchester HS2 leg, plans to stop children today ever legally smoking and says A-levels to be replaced – as it happened

Prime minister says HS2 move will release £36bn, that he will raise smoking age by one year, every year and announces five-subject qualification

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023