Sebastian Payne

The government’s latest High Speed 2 argument: we need more capacity

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40 u-turns and counting, the coalition has a habit of dropping difficult policies. One notable exception is High Speed 2, which is still being keenly promoted. Today, members of a new HS2 growth task force have been announced. The advocates are an  impressive selection of council leaders, academics, businessman and trade unions.

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