Boris Johnson has maintained that HS2 is critical to the country's future, despite more people working from home since the start of the COVID19 pandemic
Mr Johnson said:"I think loads of people have had the benefit of working from home. It's been magnificent and it's definitely enhanced people's quality of life in many, many ways and I congratulate people on the hard work they've put in from home.
The aim is to run 18 trains an hour in each direction to and from London - at speeds of up to 224mph - compared to between two and six an hour on Europe's high-speed railways. But the project may not be ready for passengers on the full network until 2040. He added:"Transport connectivity is at the heart of the build back better, build back faster and build back greener recovery."Pret A Manger chief exec Pano Christou also said he could not guarantee more job cuts after declining demand."People are hoping that things come back, you've got different countries that have got second waves, third waves. It's so hard to say whether you will or whether you won't. I think any CEO would be in a similar predicament," he said.
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