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Labour says HS2 costs almost trebled while Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury, chancellor and then PM

Regional leaders express dismay at prospect of ditching high-speed rail project’s northern leg

HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has been scrapped

As he prepares for what may be his last party conference as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is working on a truly unpleasant gift for Manchester, host city to the gathering that opens on Sunday. Though ministers insist that no final decision has been taken, they have conspicuously declined to deny…

In today’s newsletter: As the government prepares to scale down its ambitious high speed rail project again, we explore what happened

The stricken authority now set to receive a revised emergency budget after Michael Gove was forced to call in commissioners

City Council leader John Cotton told an extraordinary meeting the authority will ‘end gender pay injustice’ despite severe financial challenges.

Sources suggest PM could announce new spending on bus, tram and train schemes if he decides to axe part of HS2

SCOTLAND has “little hope” of ever seeing the benefits of HS2, an MP has claimed, as speculation mounts that the final line will never connect…