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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

Andy Burnham urges Sunak to save HS2 Manchester airport link in King’s Speech

Exclusive: Labour mayor, council bosses and rail chiefs ask PM to bring back legislation for high-speed link

The Independent UK

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Crackdown on rip-off petrol prices promised by Labour plan for drivers

Alongside measures to ease costs for drivers, Labour also pledged to reduce traffic on roads with better public transport options.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Guardian - UK

What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new 'Network North'– means for the north of England

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the project.

The Conversation

Now HS2 northern leg is axed – what next for rail travel in the north?

The government says it will spend money from HS2 on other schemes around the country with a mix of road, rail and tram projects

The Independent UK

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Sunak poised to make ‘incredible gaffe’ by axing HS2 in north but saving Euston link

No 10 will be accused of ‘shafting the north’, warns Tory mayor – as northern leaders warn PM his legacy would be ruined

The Independent UK

Labour mayors urge Sunak not to scrap, delay or scale back HS2

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

The Guardian - UK

Five Labour mayors join forces to derail Sunak’s plan to axe HS2

Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham among local leaders in talks with transport chiefs

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

The Independent UK

Cabinet split over Sunak’s HS2 ‘gross act of vandalism’

Exclusive: Levelling up secretary Michael Gove and transport secretary Mark Harper ‘very unhappy’ over plan to axe northern leg – first revealed by this newspaper – as George Osborne attacks ‘economic self-harm’

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Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the project in the coming days.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - UK

Build HS2, say northern leaders, as ministers refuse to confirm Manchester link

Andy Burnham says reports Rishi Sunak wants to cut route short at Birmingham ‘beggared belief’

Manchester Evening News

'This is a fight we have to win for the North of England'

Business leaders from across the country have backed Greater Manchester's bid for a new underground station at Piccadilly

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Manchester Evening News

'Build it once and built it right' plea to government over HS2 rail station in Manchester

London's Mayor has added his voice to calls for an underground station at Piccadilly as civic leaders say they fear 'permanent damage' to UK economic ambitions

Manchester Evening News

The new, cut-price plan to deal with Manchester's rail chaos

Platforms could now be removed as part of the 'new approach'

Manchester Evening News

London business leaders back Manchester's call for the RIGHT HS2 rail station for Piccadilly

'What's good for Manchester and the wider north is good for London, and vice versa'

Manchester Evening News

How TransPennine Express ended up being brought under government control

Travellers in the north have been familiar with chaos on the rails for years

Wales Online

I finally got an interview with the Welsh Secretary after months of being turned down

I’m willing to be interviewed by anyone else who works for WalesOnline but not by you

Wales Online

Westminster decision that English rail projects benefit Wales is 'abuse' - Welsh Government minister

Mick Antoniw attacked the UK government's decision to class rail improvements in the north of England as benefiting Wales

Wales Online

People are furious Wales is missing out on another £1bn in rail funding

I''ve gone past the fuming phase to feeling physically sick'

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