Scrapping HS2 Manchester leg is a ‘monumental betrayal’, business leaders warn Sunak

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Mr Reisner doubted whether any of the touted schemes to improve regional services would appear any time soon.On Tuesday, Mr Sunak continued to refuse to deny that he is about to cancel the northern leg of HS2, insisting that he will not be forced into any “premature decisions”. Mr Reynolds said: “Rail is your bloodstream. Unless you have your arteries , blood can’t go to the vein .“We need to look at HS2 as an overall rail system. HS2 gives us the spine of a high-speed rail network, which this country would hugely benefit from. Rail is the most economic way of delivering net zero, and HS2 would enable that.”

“If you go to Piccadilly East now there are cranes, there are diggers, there are millions and millions being spent there, tens of millions,” Mr Heatley told“We figure about £1bn since we started, and yet, all that’s going to get the rug pulled from underneath it. “I’m in contact with other investors, international money, and that’s what makes me feel slightly sick.

 

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