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Contractors offer to review project and identify ways to cut costs, so Rishi Sunak keeps it on trackHS2: nine key numbers that illustrate the dilemma over rail project’s futureBritain’s biggest HS2 contractors have launched an 11th-hour drive to convin…
RMT industrial action on Wednesday and Friday will not take place, but Aslef train strike will go aheadTwo planned strikes by London Underground workers this week have been called off, the RMT union announced.Its members had been due to strike on Wedne…
PM declines to reveal if Manchester to Birmingham line will be scrapped amid speculation over soaring costsUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has insisted he is not going to be forced into a “premature decision” over the fate of the HS2 high-…
Furious city mayors make a plea for the project north of Birmingham amid ugly scenes at Tory conferenceSo what does cancelling HS2 north of Birmingham look like? There were ugly scenes at the Conservative conference hall even before the official death…
Tory mayor of West Midlands says PM in danger of ‘cancelling the future’ as bitter row threatens to derail conferenceUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has become embroiled in a bitter row with regional politicians, the transport industry and…
Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general electionThe BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is starting. As well as Rishi Sunak, Wes Streeting, the shadow health secre…
Rishi Sunak failure to commit to HS2’s northern leg has raised concerns about the future of several large-scale transport projectsThe future of several prestige transport projects, including a planned £9bn road tunnel under the Thames, are in increasin…
In an excruciating BBC interview, the transport minister sticks resolutely to the party line on rail link … and fails to answer the questionMark Harper is not the first cabinet minister to suffer a difficult early-morning interview, but the transport s…
In an excruciating BBC interview, the transport minister sticks resolutely to the party line on rail link … and fails to answer the questionMark Harper is not the first cabinet minister to suffer a difficult early-morning interview, but the transport s…
Tory former leader criticises Rishi Sunak’s potential plans to scrap Manchester leg and change London terminusTheresa May has become the third Conservative former prime minister to criticise Rishi Sunak’s potential plans to scale back HS2.As Tory MPs h…