Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester.
In his Conservative Party conference speech later, the PM is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of England and Wales.
He is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.
He is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.
The London to Birmingham leg of HS2 is already being built.
Mr Shapps, who was transport secretary under Boris Johnson, said there would “still be a much faster journey time” to Manchester.
However, he said that changes to travel patterns following the Covid pandemic meant the government had to consider whether whether the “billions of pounds” for HS2 could be better spent on other projects.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester.
He is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.
In his Conservative Party conference speech later, the PM is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of England and Wales.
He is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.
He is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.
The London to Birmingham leg of HS2 is already being built.
Mr Shapps, who was transport secretary under Boris Johnson, said there would “still be a much faster journey time” to Manchester.
However, he said that changes to travel patterns following the Covid pandemic meant the government had to consider whether whether the “billions of pounds” for HS2 could be better spent on other projects.
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