Big infrastructure projects spared the Treasury axe

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt committed to completing HS2 to Manchester in his Autumn Statement.
Hunt also said the “core network” of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project and the East West Rail scheme will go ahead as planned alongside construction of a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
Plans for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund were also confirmed, with at least £1.7bn to be allocated to priority local infrastructure projects around the UK before the end of