The prime minister made the long-awaited announcement in his Tory conference speech.
He also revealed that phase one of the multi-billion pound line will start at Euston station in central London.
And he said the money saved on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester stretch would be used to fund major new transport projects in the north of England.Sunak said: “I say to those who backed ther project in the first place, the facts have changed and the right thing to do when the facts change is to have the courage to change direction.
“And so I am ending this long-running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the HS2 project and in its place we will re-invest every single penny - £36bn in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the Midlands across the country.”'Do You Feel Humiliated?': Trevor Phillips Monsters Michael Gove Over HS2Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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