HS2
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HS2 likely to reach Euston, Transport Secretary suggests
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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has said it “would never have made sense” for HS2 not to reach Euston and that an announcement on the project will be made “soon”.
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Construction completed on UK’s longest railway bridge
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HS2 engineers have completed construction of the UK’s longest railway bridge on the outskirts of north-west London.
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Machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel breaks through
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The machine digging the 10-mile tunnel under the Chiltern Hills broke through on Tuesday.
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PM sets out £4.7bn ‘local transport fund’ plans for ‘redirected’ HS2 funds
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Rishi Sunak has said that funds for the axed HS2 section will be ‘reallocated’ as transport funding to be shared across regional councils as he holds a Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Privately-funded alternatives to scrapped HS2 section discussed
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and Transport Secretary Mark Harper have had a “constructive” discussion about privately-funded alternatives to a scrapped section of HS2.
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HS2 boss admits project could cost up to £66.6 billion
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The estimated cost of building HS2 between London and Birmingham has soared to as much as £66.6 billion, MPs heard.
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Labour delegates call for HS2 to be built in full
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Labour members have voted in favour of building HS2 in full after Sir Keir Starmer failed to commit to reversing the decision to scrap the northern leg of the high-speed line.
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Plans to reopen Leamside Line appear to be dropped from Network North after 24 hours
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Reopening the Leamside Line has been removed from the initial list of projects for Rishi Sunak’s Network North programme just 24 hours after the announcement.
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Cancelling HS2 contracts will cost hundreds of millions
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Paying off contracts previously awarded for cancelled HS2 sections will cost hundreds of millions of pounds, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has indicated.
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Northern leg of HS2 cancelled
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Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the northern leg of HS2 will not go ahead.
