Senior Tory says Shapps privately assured him £3bn HS2 branch will be scrapped
by Rowena Mason Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XX5Q)
Exclusive: Assurances offered to Graham Brady may raise questions about why decision has not been made public
Grant Shapps has privately promised to scrap a controversial 3bn branch of the HS2 train line that carves through the constituency of the 1922 Committee chair, Sir Graham Brady, and two other Tory MPs, the Guardian understands.
The link, known as the Golborne spur, would connect the main Crewe-Manchester HS2 line to the west coast mainline just south of Wigan.
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