{"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>\n

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The PM is expected to finally confirm plans for HS2 tomorrow during his major conference speech.<\/p>\n

The address to party faithful and the public will be a make or break moment for Mr Sunak who will need to successfully sell his ideas and vision or risk a hammering at next year's general election.<\/p>\n

Over the past week confusion around HS2 has cast a huge shadow over the speech.<\/p>\n

But the PM is expected to finally say that he wants to invest the \u00a336bn it would cost to build HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester into regional transport links in the Midlands and North.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Conservative conference came off the rails as Tories told the PM they would fight to keep HS2.<\/p>\n

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But the Tory West Midlands Mayor Andy Street threatened to resign on the steps of the main conference hotel, telling the PM: \u201cI won\u2019t let\u00a0HS2\u00a0go without a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIf you tell the international investment community you are going to do something, you bloody well have to stick to your word.\u201d<\/p>\n

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