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Why UK PM Sunak axed part of high-speed rail link HS2

Rishi Sunak has cancelled the north leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, citing ballooning costs and mismanagement.

Al Jazeera · Oct 4, 2023

What does scaling back of HS2 mean for travellers?

‘Network North’ and a range of piecemeal road and rail projects will replace the western leg of the high-speed line

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Transport projects supported by PM as HS2 axed north of Birmingham

Rishi Sunak pledged to ‘reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects’.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

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Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled

Rishi Sunak said he would reinvest ‘every single penny’ of the £36 billion in hundreds of transport projects in the north and Midlands.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Northern Ireland businesses briefed on day-to-day workings of Windsor Framework

Key measures of the Windsor Framework came into effect for Northern Ireland on Sunday, including the green/red lane system for the movement of goods.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Sunak to rail against 30 years of politics and present himself as a reformer

The Prime Minister is widely expected to axe the northern leg of HS2 in his Tory conference speech.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Manchester United and northern businesses urge Sunak not to cancel HS2

More than 30 organisations from Greater Manchester and the surrounding area have signed the letter.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

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HS2 north of Birmingham: What work has started and what might happen next?

The PA news agency answers 13 key questions on the situation.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Pressure on Sunak as his own former levelling up minister calls for HS2 to be finished in full

Dehenna Davison and Jake Berry join backlash against PM’s move to axe northern leg

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Tory MPs demand Cabinet minister position for the North and 500,000 new homes

The Northern Research Group said the North of England will act as ‘kingmakers’ at the next election.

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

Boris Johnson: Cutting HS2 route to Manchester would be betrayal of North

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to commit to the high-speed rail route linking Birmingham and Manchester.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

American soldier Travis King returns to US after release from North Korea

King lands at US army base in Texas, more than two months after he was detained for illegally crossing into North Korea.

Al Jazeera · Sep 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak denies people feel betrayed by wavering over future of HS2

The Prime Minister did not rule out ditching the northern leg of the rail project.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

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The Conversation · Sep 27, 2023

We should use Australia's environment laws to protect our 'living wonders' from new coal and gas projects

From Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef in the North, to the Snowy Mountains in the Southeast, and jarrah and marri forests in the Southwest, Australia is home to incredibly diverse ecosystems. Many of our plants, animals, birds and fish are found nowhere else in the world.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Soldier Travis King faced disciplinary action in the US so he fled to North Korea. Now he’s back in US custody

Leaving prison in South Korea, King was set to be returned to Fort Bliss, Texas – but he had other plans. Gustaf Kilander and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Rishi Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Sadiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Five Labour mayors across UK join forces to urge Sunak to stay on track with HS2

Mayor of London Saqiq Khan and his four fellow Labour leaders say they have been ‘inundated’ with concerns about the Government’s trajectory.

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The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Sunak trying to ‘control’ HS2 costs after they ‘tripled’, minister says

Home Office minister Chris Philp insisted no decision has been made on whether to scrap or delay the Manchester leg of the rail project.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reviewing how HS2 cost can be ‘controlled’, minister says

But Manchester’s Andy Burnham threatens to sue if high-speed rail doesn’t reach his city

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

HS2 news - live: Sunak insists he’s committed to levelling up as rail backlash grows

Rishi Sunak says his government is committed to ‘spreading opportunity around the country, not just in the North but in the Midlands, in all other regions of our fantastic country’

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘alarmed’ by spiralling cost of HS2 as he faces Cabinet split

The Prime Minister has reportedly told allies he will not watch the cost continue to rise, in a sign he could be preparing to ditch the northern leg.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

What it’s like to hike across Denmark’s remarkable moving sand dune

Exploring the Rabjerg Mile, northern Europe’s biggest, fastest and greediest sand dune, makes for a sensational adventure, finds Joanna Whitehead

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023

HS2 was meant to unite North and South. Don’t let it become a glorified Birmingham shuttle

City Voices: Broken promises on HS2 would leave the UK’s global reputation as an attractive place to invest in tatters

The National (Scotland) · Sep 25, 2023

Rishi Sunak declines to back HS2 to north of England as Tory civil war stirs

Rishi Sunak has insisted he is committed to levelling up despite declining to back building HS2 to the north of England in the face of warnings by…

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