Rishi Sunak denies HS2 has been reduced to ‘shuttle service’

Prime minister defends revised transport plans after intense criticism from Tory predecessorsRishi Sunak has denied that HS2 high-speed rail will be reduced to a mere “shuttle service” between London and Birmingham, insisting that many more people will be helped by paring back plans for the project and boosting other transport schemes instead.In his first interview since his speech to the Conservative party conference, the prime minister declined to apologise for scrapping the northe