{"id":142384,"date":"2023-10-03T09:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142384"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:04:35","slug":"hs2-costs-are-enormous-and-escalated-far-beyond-budget-rishi-sunak-says-as-manchester-leg-to-be-scrapped-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/hs2-costs-are-enormous-and-escalated-far-beyond-budget-rishi-sunak-says-as-manchester-leg-to-be-scrapped-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 costs are 'enormous' and 'escalated far beyond budget', Rishi Sunak says as Manchester leg to be scrapped | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE cost of HS2 is "enormous" and has "escalated far beyond what anyone thought", Rishi Sunak insisted today.<\/p>\n
On the third day of Tory Party Conference, the PM all but admitted that the Manchester leg of the project will be scrapped. <\/p>\n
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Amid huge pressure from Tory MPs and members to finally confirm its fate, Mr Sunak told Times Radio: "It's clear that the costs of this programme has escalated far beyond what anyone thought at the beginning."<\/p>\n
He added: "I know there's lots of speculation on it, but what I would say is I'll approach this in the same way I approach everything in this job, I will take the time to look at it properly, get across the detail and then decide what's right for the country.<\/p>\n
"The sums involved are\u00a0enormous<\/strong>\u00a0and it's right that the Prime Minister takes proper care over it.<\/p>\n "It's obviously not my money – it's taxpayers' money and we should make the right decisions on these things."<\/p>\nREAD MORE POLITICS<\/h2>\n