HS2 will reach a scaled-back Euston station – but Northern expansion cancelled

A significantly cut back HS2 railway will reach Euston station, but won’t be extended past Birmingham, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced.
The previously proposed Euston station (c) HS2
Announcing the cancellation of the rest of the HS2 project, the Prime Minister said that the government plans to spend the budget allocated to the HS2 railway on a new Northern Network to link up towns and cities across the midlands and north of England.
He promised that the new “Network N