HS2 to be delayed by up to five years as cost spirals to £88bn

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tells MPs full London-Birmingham services will not begin until 2031
Full HS2 services between London and Birmingham will be delayed by up to five years to 2031, the government has announced. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, told parliament final completion of...
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