has given HS2 the go ahead, telling the House of Commons that his Government had the ‘guts to take the decision’ to ‘deliver prosperity across the country’.
The project is estimated to cost upwards of £106 billion and has drawn fierce criticism from environmental campaigners and those living along the high spreed rail route.This is a breaking story we will be updating.
I thought it was almost finished FFS!
Good news for the North and Midlands for once... anybody from the South East moaning, I guess the £41bn on CrossRail doesn’t matter then? 🤷🏻♂️ Makes a change for an infrastructure spend outside of London 👌
Who the hell asked him to do that?
Here's what CarolineLucas had to say about the project earlier this year: 'We don’t need 30 minutes shaved off the journey time between London and the north of England – we need a local public transport revolution'
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