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Old Oak Common: HS2 debacle shines light on left-behind pocket of London

Area will become critical entry-point into capital if high-speed line no longer ends at Euston

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – October 3

Tuesday’s papers focus on the Conservative Party annual conference with issues from transgender health to the collapse of the HS2 project.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak set to scrap HS2 Manchester leg as Tory mayor leads backlash

The Treasury declined to rule out plans being drawn up surrounding the axing of the route from Birmingham to Manchester

Evening Standard

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Is HS2 destined for the rubbish heap or could its northern leg be saved?

Furious city mayors make a plea for the project north of Birmingham amid ugly scenes at Tory conference

The Guardian - UK

Monday at Tory conference 2023: highlights of the day

Annoyance about HS2, debate over the European convention on human rights and a sparse audience for the culture secretary

The Guardian - UK

Cutting off the North from HS2 is a national disgrace

Ripping up plans to extend HS2 north of Birmingham will mean a life sentence of travel misery for tens of millions of travellers

The Independent UK

HS2: a long and winding timeline of the troubled high-speed rail project

Since Labour announced plans for north-south high-speed rail network nearly 14 years ago, project has been beset by problems

The Guardian - UK

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Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK

HS2 route mapped as northern leg to Manchester to be scrapped

Government axes plan for northern leg of much-delayed and over-budget high speed railway

The Independent UK

How The Independent revealed Sunak’s plan to cut HS2 - and how the government reacted

The Independent’s revelations about HS2 rocked Westminster

The Independent UK

Tories 'to scrap Manchester route' from UK Government's HS2 project

THE UK Government’s disastrous HS2 project will now only run from London to Birmingham, with Rishi Sunak set to scrap the Manchester leg,…

The National (Scotland)

How much has HS2 cost so far?

Critics of such a move include former prime ministers

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak accused of ‘cancelling the future’ with climbdown over HS2

Anger over scrapping of Manchester leg of infrastructure projects risks derailing Tory party conference

The Guardian - UK

HS2 northern leg scrapped – weeks after The Independent revealed Rishi Sunak’s plan to axe it

PM set to make announcement after we first revealed ‘Project Redwood’ talks to shelve high-speed rail link

The Independent UK

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Jeremy Hunt signals axe for HS2’s northern leg as he slams ‘totally unacceptable’ costs

Chancellor questions why it costs ‘10 times more’ to build high-speed rail in UK than France

The Independent UK

Sunak faces open revolt over refusal to back tax cuts

(And he STILL won’t come clean about plan to cancel northern leg of HS2)

The Independent UK

Pressure on Sunak as his own former levelling up minister calls for HS2 to be finished in full

Dehenna Davison and Jake Berry join backlash against PM’s move to axe northern leg

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak repeatedly dodges questions on the future of HS2 Manchester link up

RISHI Sunak repeatedly dodged questions on whether HS2 will run to Manchester during a car crash TV interview.

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to HS2 Manchester route

Reports have stated the Prime Minister is considering trimming the route from Birmingham to Manchester due to rising costs

The Guardian - UK

£9bn Thames tunnel faces axe amid fears over Tory infrastructure plans

Rishi Sunak failure to commit to HS2’s northern leg has raised concerns about the future of several large-scale transport projects

The Guardian - UK

‘No one knows what we stand for’: Tory MPs in despair ahead of Sunak’s crucial conference

With the party riven by factions and differences on policy, the prime minister has a job on his hands trying to find a coherent way forward

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak promises to use Tory conference to set out long-term vision for UK

The Prime Minister is set to face questions over the future of HS2 and further calls to set out tax cuts while in Manchester.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on HS2: a failure of nerve by Rishi Sunak would be disastrous

The prime minister’s apparent wavering on the high-speed rail link could have knock-on effects for Britain for decades

Evening Standard

Theresa May the latest former PM to urge Sunak not to trim HS2 as Tory Party Conference set to begin

The row over HS2 could derail this year's Tory Party Conference

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m not commenting on speculation’: Mark Harper refuses 10 times to answer questions on HS2

In an excruciating BBC interview, the transport secretary sticks resolutely to the party line on rail link … and fails to answer the question

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