It comes after weeks of rumours.
line is set to be scrapped, it has been reported.
Just moments before Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave his speech at the Tory Party conference in Manchester the news broke, overshadowing his announcement on the rise of the minimum wage.Grant ShappsIt is understood the Department of Transport has worked up a package of alternative projects – rail, bus and road schemes – which could be funded from money saved by scrapping the Manchester to Birmingham leg of the project.
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