{"id":39047,"date":"2023-10-04T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=39047"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:31:22","slug":"full-list-of-rishi-sunaks-promises-for-north-of-england-as-hs2-leg-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/politics\/full-list-of-rishi-sunaks-promises-for-north-of-england-as-hs2-leg-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of Rishi Sunak’s promises for north of England as HS2 leg scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rishi Sunak has axed the costly northern leg of the controversial HS2 rail link saying it would pruduce \u00a336 billion in savings, but he’s still pomised benefits to those living in the North and Midlands.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference today HS2’s leg from the Birmingham to Manchester would be cancelled and replaced with a new ‘network north’.<\/p>\n

He said: “I say to those who backed the project in the first place, the facts have changed and the right thing to do when the facts change is to have the courage to change direction.<\/p>\n

“So I am ending this long-running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the HS2 project and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, \u00a336 billion in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands, across the country.<\/p>\n

“This means \u00a336 billion of investment in the project that will make a real difference across our nation.”<\/p>\n

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The PM listed of a host of benefits for the North and Midlands from scrapping the scheme:<\/p>\n