Dozens of Tory MPs demand HS2 goes ahead

By Hamish Champ2020-01-22T10:57:00

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Conservatives urge prime minister to back £106bn railway as transport secretary hints at delays

Dozens of Conservative politicians have urged the prime minister to press ahead with HS2, warning that to scrap the controversial line would leave the North reliant on crumbling infrastructure.structure.

In a letter to Boris Johnson more than 40 MPs called for the £106bn railway to be delivered in full, claiming that it would be a “key engine for growth that we must not waver from”.

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