HS2 may not go to Manchester because more people are working from home, business secretary hints

Kemi Badenoch told LBC that there were discussions ongoing about the “affordability” of the hugely expensive high speed train project.

And she suggested that ministers might have to “think differently about infrastructure” as more and more people choose not to commute and stay home instead. She told LBC: “We’ve been having a conversation about affordability. I haven’t seen the numbers yet. I am not up to date on what the state of the project is.

“Of course we want to make sure we build infrastructure which serves all people across the UK. That is what the HS2 project is about, so we do support it.”When grilled by Nick Ferrari, she insisted: “We have to look at what businesses are saying. The last conversation I had at one of my round tables was about people working from home and having to think differently about infrastructure.Last week No10 refused to commit to saying the new High Speed line would even go North of Birmingham.

It was originally due to go from central London to Manchester, and up to Leeds, but all of that is now up for grabs as ministers try to push down the ballooning multi-billion pound bill.

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