Part of Transport – in the House of Commons at on 13 October 2022.
Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Northern Powerhouse Rail, and the billions of pounds in growth and tens of thousands of jobs, depend on HS2 being delivered in full. So will the Minister guarantee that the HS2 leg beyond Birmingham to Manchester will not be the victim of his Chancellor’s kamikaze Budget?
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