Abandoning HS2 shows just how hollow the Tories' 'levelling up' promises were

It would be a financial, social and geopolitical catastrophe were it to be compromised at this point

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt fix a ‘Powered By Levelling Up’ sign on to Accrington Market

. And at the entrance to the Market Hall, there was a photo op of Rishi Sunak sticking a bog-standard white board on the building, which said “Powered by Levelling Up”. And who could blame him? I would rather go down the Orinoco river on a tea tray than undertake a train journey from London to Accrington. could not be trusted to deliver the PM, or indeed anyone, to their destination on time. Complaints about its service are 10 times the national average, but that didn’t prevent the company paying £12m in dividends in its last reported financial year, or, indeed, winning a new contract to operate the line from this Government.

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