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HS2 reveals £2bn in costs linked to Sunak’s downgrade of line

Annual report also shows former chief executive was paid £652,569 for his final year, including a £34,345 bonus

The Guardian - UK

Euston station as final London HS2 terminus to undergo early review - minister

Louise Haigh says she was ‘working at pace’ to determine what to do with the proposed station and wider redevelopment of the area

Evening Standard

Why next-generation tech is the next big leap towards the cities of the future

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The Independent UK

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Londoners living near new Old Oak Common HS2 train station hit back against plan to shut road for four years

HS2 is considering shutting a key road for up to four years, so it can carry out essential work

Evening Standard

Peaky Blinders creator calls HS2 ‘gamechanger’ for West Midlands

Steven Knight, who is building a film studio in Birmingham, says line is catalyst for activity as data shows £10bn boost to region

The Guardian - UK

HS2 will 'absolutely' link to Euston, construction boss vows

'The Government is committed to tunnelling to Euston, committed to developing out Euston station,' Huw Edwards says

Evening Standard

Paddington station to shut for four days over Christmas due to HS2 engineering work

Victoria station will also be closed to passengers using Southeastern services King’s Cross will be closed on Christmas Eve

Evening Standard

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What are the most popular Christmas cracker jokes for 2023?

Ready to make your family groan at the bad jokes at the Christmas table this year?

Evening Standard

Taking the train home for Christmas or New Year? Here’s when to travel by rail

Exclusive: Rail engineering projects over the festive season are set to trigger widespread disruption for train travellers, from southern England to Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Government disagrees with HS2 estimate showing ‘significant’ cost rise

HS2 Ltd calculated in September that building the line between London and the West Midlands would cost between £49 billion and £57 billion.

The Independent UK

Cameron’s comeback explodes Sunak’s ‘change candidate’ claim

PM clearly hopes to rewrite the narrative with shock appointment, but will it shift the dial with voters?

The Guardian - UK

HS2 contractor: 'We won't stop digging until we reach Euston'

Tunnelling to start in 2026 - despite Government sending rail link into buffers

Evening Standard

Ancient pear tree comes back to life after being felled to make way for HS2

Beloved tree in Cubbington, thought over 250 years old, is regrowing from transplanted stump and its cutting offspring are also thriving

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak forced to delete video listing 'achievements' after unbelievable error

IT’S been quite the year for Rishi Sunak. From HS2 to bizarre jibes about Nicola Sturgeon, it wasn’t exactly difficult for us to come up with a…

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‘Securonomics’: five key business messages from Labour conference

With company chiefs in attendance and an endorsement from Mark Carney, shadow chancellor sought to demonstrate economic competence

The Guardian - UK

‘Confidential – that gets me going’: the photographer behind the HS2 exposé

How Steve Back has broken a number of exclusives by snapping the documents of unsuspecting politicians and officials

The Guardian - UK

‘I just don’t think he cares’: Workington Tory voters’ verdict on Rishi Sunak

My research group spoke to 2019’s first-time Tory voters in Cumbria, seen as embodying Boris Johnson’s realignment

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve gone through bereavement’: HS2 bought this man’s land, and for what?

Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring’s fields were bought up five days before Sunak scrapped HS2. He fears he’ll never be able to buy them back

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The Independent UK

What the papers say – October 6

Political stories feature on front of Friday’s newspapers as fallout continues from Prime Minister’s conference speech.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on HS2 cancellation: mind the north-south gap

Editorial: Rishi Sunak promotes himself as a leader who takes long-term decisions for the national benefit, but this one is the exact opposite

The Guardian - UK

Minister defends No 10 claim that HS2 decision had not yet been taken despite prerecorded announcement - as it happened

Video of Rishi Sunak announcing the axing of the HS2 Manchester leg was filmed in No 10 before he travelled to conference

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf pans Rishi Sunak for 'wiping Scotland off map' in transport plans

THE First Minister has panned Rishi Sunak after the Tory leader shared a map about plans to “level up” the north – which omitted most of…

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a boozy wake’: HS2 and infighting overshadow Tory conference

Rishi Sunak’s hope to present his leadership as a clear change from his predecessors fails to win over a flagging party faithful

The Independent UK

Key moments of Sunak’s HS2-cutting, ‘beauty pageant’ of a Tory conference

The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.

The Independent UK

Staffordshire villagers ‘suffered because of HS2 and should be compensated’

Residents will be ‘relieved’ to hear the line from Birmingham to Manchester has been axed, a parish council chairman has said.

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