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The government’s decision to scrap the extension of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line to Manchester in favour of a £36bn fund to level up Northern and Midlands transport links has been met with a lukewarm reception from Northampton, Kettering and Leicester-based manufacturers.

Rishi Sunak decided last week that the best place to announce that the HS2 rail line would not go from Birmingham to Manchester

Letter: <strong>Tony May</strong> lists the problems with the high-speed railway and says that investment should have started in the north

Rishi Sunak’s ‘scorched earth’ approach to cancelling HS2, including slashing Euston’s capacity, means that the northern legs of the high-speed network will never be built, rail experts say

Rishi Sunak today admitted some of the transport projects listed in his new Network North blueprint for spending saved HS2 cash were illustrative.

PM also given awkward grilling by East Midlands voter on ‘mess’ left by Tories: ‘Why should we vote for you?’

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Meanwhile Andy Burnham says government must safeguard HS2 land and stop sell-off

Rishi Sunak has defended pumping money from HS2 into projects in the south of England as he faced criticism over the plans

Some of the schemes have been promised before and others have already been changed.