HS2 decision clock ticking for UK Prime Minister at political conference
view of Manchetser Central conference venue with the old station clock overhead image Manchester Central news feed
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the British government, has a decision to make. It’s one he has been studiously avoiding in a barrage of media interviews. Might he announce that the troubled HS2 will see its Phase 2b cancelled, and the high speed rail project will not, after all, reach Manchester? That would be bold, given that he will be in that Northern English city all week and has already faced a front of northern civic leaders, united in their demand that he do exactly the opposite, despite spiralling costs and missed deadlines.
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