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No More High‑Speed Rail for the North: Reform UK's Tice Announces Cutbacks For Northern Rail

Richard Tice announces Reform UK cutbacks to Northern Powerhouse Rail on 8 September 2025; critics like Andy Burnham decry second-class north; focus on voter needs over vanity projects

International Business Times UK · Sep 9, 2025

Reform UK would axe any high-speed northern rail schemes, says Richard Tice

Deputy leader tells firms considering bidding for contracts to ‘not bother’ as party would spend on what ‘country needs more’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025

Reform say they will axe Northern Powerhouse Rail if they get into power

Mr Tice made his comments in a forward to a report by centre-right think tank Policy Exchange

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

Nigel Farage says Reform would spend over £17bn to halve UK crime

Party leader says plans, including deportations and new prisons, would be paid for by scrapping HS2 and net zero

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers

Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby group

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

HS2 subcontractor’s role on £100m ‘bat tunnel’ terminated after claims of inflated pay rates

Contractor BAM ends Danny Sullivan Group’s involvement following investigation into ‘compliance issues’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

Elizabeth line trains would 'save residents from 20 years of HS2 blight' at Old Oak Common

Residents say early start of Lizzie line service at £2bn mega-station would be ‘game changer’ in easing woe caused by HS2 delays

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

HS2’s structures should have been ‘largely completed’ by now

Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd chief executive, said one of the main causes of the delays was starting construction work before designs were finalised.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

HS2 high-speed train line is only a third complete, admits boss Mark Wild in bombshell update to MPs

Beleaguered scheme two to three years behind schedule - but ‘good progress’ at Old Oak Common station

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025