Ministers have joined forces to defend the controversial HS2 programme as they condemned opponents who they claimed are using the flagship rail scheme as a “political football” and undermining attempts to regenerate the North of England.
Regional leaders in Yorkshire and other parts of northern England have written to Elizabeth Truss to ask for the Government’s clear commitment to fully deliver the second phase of high-speed rail plans.
ON Monday morning, in common with my fellow travellers, I shall take a deep breath before leaving the house and venturing forth to the station, in the hope that some sort of conveyance might turn up to get me to work before everyone else breaks for lunch.
A group of peers dealt the Government’s flagship high speed rail project a further blow last night by warning that it should not go ahead without a major rethink and a new assessment of its business case.
The Rail Minister has today hailed the launch of a new fleet of trains - modelled on the iconic Japanese bullet trains - which will provide thousands more seats from London to the North every day.
Six major rail projects that connect Yorkshire to other parts of the North are among 28 schemes nationwide that could be funded if the Government scrapped its controversial HS2 high speed scheme, an influential pressure group says today.
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