The Prime Minister repeatedly denied a decision had been made in the run up to the Conservative Party conference
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recorded a video message saying he was scrapping HS2 to Manchester around three days before he formerly made the announcement, according to reports today.
The PM refused to confirm whether HS2 would go to Manchester in a speech as far back as September 20, despite Mr Harper's comments. Further refusals to comment or confirm the news followed, both to the BBC and on TV on the eve of the conference, where he insisted just 24 hours before his key-note speech that he would not be 'rushed into premature decision'.
"I have the legal responsibility to take the decision. And I took the decision formally on Tuesday this week, and it was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday morning and then announced by the Prime Minister at our conference, so all very straightforward.He added that “we did lots of work in advance” on this “big decision”.
However, Mr Sunak today declined to apologise to people in the North of England for cutting HS2 north of Birmingham.
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