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Local Transport: Levelling Up

Part of Transport – in the House of Commons at on 24 November 2022.

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Photo of Gavin Newlands Gavin Newlands Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport)

There was certainly a massive slash in resource funding for the Department for Transport.

Many fear that HS2 is in the firing line for departmental savings. We have already seen the Golborne link ditched, with no replacement in sight, hitting journey times from Scotland and the north-west of England. Rowing back on HS2 again would be another hammer blow for regional connectivity, so what assurances can the Secretary of State give that HS2 will go ahead in its current form and that those of us outside the M25 may see some benefit?

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