Rishi Sunak denies HS2 has been reduced to ‘shuttle service’
by Aubrey Allegretti Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6FANT)
Prime minister defends revised transport plans after intense criticism from Tory predecessors
Rishi Sunak has denied that HS2 high-speed rail will be reduced to a mere shuttle service" between London and Birmingham, insisting that many more people will be helped by paring back plans for the project and boosting other transport schemes instead.
In his first interview since his speech to the Conservative party conference, the prime minister declined to apologise for scrapping the northern leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester, saying he would take decisions that aren't always easy".
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