HS2 leg to Manchester could be axed

Contractors have warned the UK will become an international laughing stock if reports are true that the Government plans to axe the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester.
Civil engineers have reacted with alarm warning the move would be short-sighted and undermine the UK net zero goals for 2050.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s second stage in a bid to save £35bn for tax cuts ahead of the next general election, according to