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Price tag for high-speed London to Birmingham line is raised to £57bn just weeks after previous big increase
Comments will inflame running debate over impact of post-pandemic employee shift
Sadiq Khan rejects prime minister’s suggestion that private sector will pay for 4.5-mile stretch of high-speed rail project
Increase comes after UK government axed rest of line to Manchester in bid to save £36bn
Even in countries bigger than England, high-speed rail is often a vanity project that escapes public scrutiny
Prime minister’s fateful announcement to cull the northern leg of high-speed rail was months in the making
The £36bn saved from cancelling the northern leg is meant to fund smaller transport schemes
Prime minister confirms high-speed rail decision and also announces education reforms and smoking curbs
Rishi Sunak to announce decision on high speed rail line in his Conservative conference speech
UK chancellor argued successfully for a Euston terminus as Rishi Sunak prepares to axe the route’s northern leg
Former journalist Andrew Gilligan has long railed against the high-speed rail project and its managers
PM set to announce the scaling back of the flagship UK infrastructure project in Tory conference speech
PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg
Any attempts at reinvention are hampered by a governing record the prime minister can’t escape
Burnham says northern leg could be delayed if government commits to east-west route
Dropping a chunk of HS2 would undermine the country as a place to do business
Owners of Tom Brady-backed football club say truncating rail line will shake investor confidence
Tory and Labour politicians, and business groups, criticise reports that flagship rail project will be cut back
Failure to make and stick to plans means big projects cost far more than they should while hampering their benefits
Price tag set to rise to a figure closer to £91bn, according to calculations by the Financial Times
Ministers also consider option of cancelling final stretch of high-speed line into central London to cut spiralling costs
UK opposition party’s caution comes after Tory government refuses to commit to northern section of project
Downing Street, Treasury and transport department refuse to commit to building high-speed line to Manchester
Government did ‘not know what the additional costs would be from decision to pause Euston construction, MPs’ report says
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