Rishi Sunak axed plans for northern leg of railway after long delays and budget overruns
Axing northern leg between Birmingham and Manchester will mean fewer seats on existing rail services, NAO says
Government readies £1bn injection even though prime minister said last year private sector would cover Euston costs
£1bn injection would end uncertainty over whether railway line will reach its planned central London terminus at Euston
Factory does not have enough work to keep functioning normally in the coming years
Government decision heightens risk of significant lay-offs at Hitachi and Alstom’s UK plants
Leaders of West Midlands and Greater Manchester propose cheaper 70-mile high-speed line along roughly the same route
Project chair Sir Jon Thompson tells MPs there are no guarantees price of London to Birmingham line will not rise again
Government draws ire of northern mayors after redirecting £235mn for road surfacing in the capital
Chair of National Infrastructure Commission says government will have to pay for tunnel under London
Price tag for high-speed London to Birmingham line is raised to £57bn just weeks after previous big increase
Comments will inflame running debate over impact of post-pandemic employee shift
Sadiq Khan rejects prime minister’s suggestion that private sector will pay for 4.5-mile stretch of high-speed rail project
Increase comes after UK government axed rest of line to Manchester in bid to save £36bn
Even in countries bigger than England, high-speed rail is often a vanity project that escapes public scrutiny
Prime minister’s fateful announcement to cull the northern leg of high-speed rail was months in the making
The £36bn saved from cancelling the northern leg is meant to fund smaller transport schemes
Prime minister confirms high-speed rail decision and also announces education reforms and smoking curbs
Rishi Sunak to announce decision on high speed rail line in his Conservative conference speech
UK chancellor argued successfully for a Euston terminus as Rishi Sunak prepares to axe the route’s northern leg
Former journalist Andrew Gilligan has long railed against the high-speed rail project and its managers
PM set to announce the scaling back of the flagship UK infrastructure project in Tory conference speech
PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg
Any attempts at reinvention are hampered by a governing record the prime minister can’t escape
