Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailControversial rail project HS2 is set to get the go-ahead to continue within weeks. But HS2 received a major boost yesterday when Chancellor Sajid Javid threw his support behind it. A review estimated the scheme, which was allocated £56billion in 2015, could cost up to £106billion. Whitehall’s spending watchdog said this month that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because its complexity and risks were under-estimated. But opponents insist HS2 is too expensiveand say the money would be much better spent elsewhere.

Source: Daily Mirror January 30, 2020 21:33 UTC