HS2 minister: Scrapped northern leg will allow more cities better transport
Rishi Sunak has scrapped the northern leg of HS2, with a promise to spend the 拢36bn freed up from the project on hundreds of other transport schemes across the country instead.
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HS2 minister says the scrapping of the northern leg of the line was based on the fact that the 拢36bn for the project 'can be better spent across other northern cities'.