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The Latest Breaking News from HS2

‘Quite High Speed Two’ rail from Birmingham to Manchester: Just the ticket after the Sunak shambles

The Man Who Pays His Way: High Speed rail project was doomed to derision as soon as the name was chosen

The Independent UK

Plans unveiled for cheaper high-speed alternative to scrapped HS2 northern leg

Report claims 50-mile line would be slightly slower and significantly cheaper but deliver most of the benefits

The Guardian - UK

New report reveals slower and cheaper alternative to scrapped HS2 route

The new route between Staffordshire and Cheshire would connect with the Northern Powerhouse Rail

The Independent UK

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It’s a scandal that the Great Central Railway was ever shut

Letters: Brian Hughes says had it been left in service, an upgrade would have cost a fraction of the money poured into HS2. Plus a letter from Paul Foxall

The Guardian - UK

HS2 Euston tunnel workers secure union access after 'five year campaign'

The agreement means all major parts of the HS2 development are covered by union access

Evening Standard

Reeves must guarantee HS2 runs to Euston, spending cuts or not

The chancellor should save the nation further blushes and fund tunnelling to the central London station

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan insists 'future of Euston is HS2' as rail link hangs in the balance

Rachel Reeves due to announce raft of spending cuts which could include HS2

Evening Standard

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What cuts could Rachel Reeves announce to plug Labour’s £20bn ‘black hole’?

HS2, hospitals and railway lines are all rumoured for cut backs

The Independent UK

HS2 high speed rail link may end in London suburb rather than Euston, signals Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says HS2 route will be re-examined

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why HS2 may mean *fewer* people travel by train

Imagine spending upwards of £50bn on a new high speed rail line which ends up cutting capacity and leading to slower journey times. Good news! You don't have to. It is a reasonable description of the impact of axing HS2 north of Birmingham, via a properly jaw-dropping report by the National…

Evening Standard

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed

The Guardian - UK

Public will be encouraged NOT to travel after HS2 axed, new report finds

RISHI Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to the UK’s public spending…

The National (Scotland)

'Years of delay' before new HS2 station at Euston gets off ground, warns public spending watchdog

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

Evening Standard

Sunak’s scrapping of HS2 will cost £100m and take up to three years, National Audit Office warns

NAO lays bare the cost and complications of decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent

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The Independent UK

HS2 replacement revealed: A slow train to Manchester

Train Talk: Plan is to extend one London stopping train from Crewe to Manchester via Warrington each hour

The Guardian - UK

From potholes to HS2, transport gets voters going – but some solutions are unsayable

As Labour and Tories promise rail reform and court motorists, many experts think road pricing is inevitable

Evening Standard

London trains from Wales and South West to use Euston not Paddington for 'festive blockades' owing to HS2 work

Inter-city trains between London, the South-West and Wales are expected to be diverted from Paddington to Euston due to track closures for HS2 works.

Evening Standard

'Progress at last' - Sadiq Khan welcomes reports Government could pay for £1bn Euston HS2 tunnel

Rishi Sunak had pledged last year that the cost of the 4.5-mile tunnel would be covered by the private sector

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The Guardian - UK

Government still buying properties along HS2 route – despite scrapping scheme

Following Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel the leg, taxpayer has spent £1.4m on properties for a line that is no longer being built

The Guardian - UK

From HS2 to the NHS, Britain doesn’t cut costs. Disastrously, it just cuts corners

Short-termist and kneejerk decisions to ‘balance the books’ always end up with the exchequer paying out more for less

The Guardian - UK

Loose ends in London and Birmingham raise new fears over HS2’s route – and future

With its route map pruned, leaders in the north want other options, while in the capital, questions are growing over its Euston terminus – still a giant hole in the ground

Evening Standard

HS2 Euston Station regeneration could add £41billion to economy, says report

The future of the mainline station is at ‘critical juncture’, says council leader

The Guardian - UK

The money Sunak ‘saves’ from HS2 seems to be shrinking with every announcement

While the PM makes empty promises to the north, he lacks the courage to cancel the white elephant London-Birmingham line, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Fund to hand out £4.7bn from axed HS2 northern section to smaller projects

Ministers say smaller towns and cities in north of England and Midlands to benefit from scrapping of Leeds and Manchester lines

The Guardian - UK

Mayor says 21-mile cycleway alongside HS2 route a ‘no-brainer’ for West Midlands

Andy Street has asked HS2 Ltd to keep haul tracks for path linking Birmingham and Coventry

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