List of projects to be funded by HS2 money ‘only illustrative’, Sunak says

Some schemes listed as being in line for funds from scrapped northern leg of HS2 were swiftly deleted while others are already complete

A list of transport projects to be funded using HS2 money, which included schemes that had already been built or were swiftly deleted, was intended only to be illustrative", the prime minister has said.

Speaking to the BBC, Rishi Sunak repeatedly dodged or refused to answer questions about the list, which was published alongside his announcement that the northern leg of the HS2 rail link would be scrapped.