Boris Johnson and David Cameron have urged the prime minister against scrapping HS2\u2019s Manchester leg amid \u2018out of control\u2019 costs.
Boris Johnson and David Cameron have urged the prime minister against scrapping HS2’s Manchester leg amid ‘out of control’ costs.Downing Street has faced criticism over potential plans to axe the second leg of HS2, linking Birmingham to Manchester, amid concerns about the “totally out of control” costs of the project.
“This is total Treasury-driven nonsense. It makes no sense at all to deliver a mutilated HS2,” Mr Johnson told The Times. HS2 was set up in 2015 with a budget of £55.7bn with the goal of linking London, the Midlands and the North of England with the high-speed railway. Reports suggest this budget has now exceeded £100bn.
Ministers will need to reach a decision about the future of the line in the coming weeks to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility, the fiscal watchdog, enough time to amend forecasts before the autumn statement.
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