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The construction site for the HS2 project at Curzon Street in Birmingham, October 4, 2023
THE HS2 project offers “very poor value for money” after Rishi Sunak scrapped its northern legs, a group of MPs said today.
The Prime Minister announced that the rail line would only be built between London and Birmingham in October, scrapping the leg to Manchester.
He also said private investment would be needed to complete the line from the suburbs of west London to a planned terminal at Euston amid spiralling costs.
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