Well, the vote for the position likely wont be until next week. But in the meantime, a temporary speaker is serving in mccarthys place. Patrick mchenry, a republican representative from North Carolina has taken the gavel, he topped a confidential list of interim leaders named by Kevin Mccarthy when he got the job. Until mccarthys replacement is elected, no progress can be made on a long term Spending Bill to keep the government Open Past Mid November or a new aid package for ukraine. Catie edmondson is a congressional reporter with the new york times. She told us why a leaderless house could mean more chaos in the weeks to come. You have a Republican Party at odds with itself right now, at least in the house, but we have again a Stopgap Funding Bill that is going to run out in the middle of november and negotiations really should start as soon as possible in order to make sure the Us Government does not shut down next month. And you also have the house floor currently paralysed, becaus
I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate leg from nottingham to leeds had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 bil
Its soaring costs. He pledged to reinvest every penny in other Transport Projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Here are some of his speech. I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under cons
The beach was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister To Revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Our Political Editor chris mason reports. Manchester this lunchtime, and the Prime Ministers warm up. Rishi and i are each other s best friends, and i couldnt imagine being anywhere else to show my support to him. Rishi sunak began by thanking her, his daughters, his parents as he drew a link between himself and margaret thatcher. This conservative party, the party of the grocer s daughter and the pharmacist s son, will always be the party of enterprise, the party of small business. He said he has taken a look at how Government Works since he became Prime Minister, and not liked what hes seen. It isnt anger, its an exhaustion with politics. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. As for taxes, they will come down, he claimed, but didnt say when. And then, it was to the crux of this speech, the
To going ahead with the full hs2 line and we have been asking them for some time what their commitment is and they said they wanted to study the numbers and see how they looked before making any sort of long term commitment. I want to bring another conservative mp, greg smith. I know you are not the biggest fan of hs2 but can you understand why some people see this as a betrayal . The understand why some people see this as a betrayal . As a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward at as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward at the l Prime Minister put forward at the arguments i have been making for years and years and years, no point spending all this money to connect a handful of places in the United Kingdom when with my transport select committee hat on, i visited leeds and bradf