With the north of england and the East Midlands. But costs spiralled and it was scaled back. The eastern leg of h52 was cancelled two years ago. Now birmingham to manchester has also been scrapped, as well as the line to East Midlands parkway. Well be getting reaction from all along the network tonight. Our transport correspondent katy austin is in birmingham, our north of england correspondent danny savage is in leeds, but first lets go to our Political Editor chris mason in manchester. Sophie, for at least three weeks the plug has been poised to be pulled on a big chunk of hs2. Today, it was yanked out. The Prime Minister acknowledged it was a controversial decision, but he insisted it was the right call, even though there are plenty, including in his own party, who think it is a huge mistake. And all of this on a day of big announcements from rishi sunak. Manchester this lunchtime, and the Prime Ministers warm up. Rishi and i are each other s best friends, and i couldnt being anywhe
Which can increase endurance at last years us open, and was also found guilty of using an unspecified prohibited substance or method in 2022. Halep had been provisionally suspended since october 2022, which means she will be able to play again in october 2026, by which time she will be 3a, but the findings of the tribunal can be appealed. She has denied the findings of the tribunal. At the rugby world cup, englands tom curry has been banned for two matches, after attending a disciplinary hearing following his red card against argentina. Curry was sent off for head contact in the third minute of englands opening game of the tournament. An initial yellow card was upgraded to red by the new bunker review system. He was handed a three match suspension, but that will be reduced after he completes world rugby s Coaching Programme on tackling. Not long to go now before one of the greatest Football Rivalries is renewed tonight, as scotland welcome england to hampden park. Its the latest chapte
we will bring you more from our correspondent outside a hospital in a moment. a leading think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, has accused the main political parties of a conspiracy of silence over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. in its scathing assessment it said the parties were ducking the issues, by relying on faster growth to deliver more tax, which it said was far from guaranteed. it also warned the next government faced having to find new ways to raise taxes, or leave some public services exposed to billions of pounds worth of cuts. this a flavour of what the director of the ifs, pauljohnson, had to say. low growth, high debt, high interest payments mean we need to do something quite rare over the next few years just to stop debt spiralling ever upwards we need to run primar
In last junes vote. Second, the decision to press ahead with the single currency. At the time, sceptics warned that only five or six nations really met the strict membership criteria but, eventually, 15 were admitted. Too many, too dissimilar, too fast. So when the financial crisis crashed into europe, many in the south Saw Stagnation and despair. Youth unemployment created a generation shut out of europes bright early promise. Its little surprise that theres a rise in desire to go back to the perceived certainties of national sovereignty. The disintegration of europe is already happening. Hey, brexit has occurred. Its very hard to see europe returning to those values it was founded for. You know peace, democracy, social cohesion and prosperity, but you need to find a way for these things to work in practice. If it doesnt, we simply have to reflect whats going on. Many on the continent have said it often and this evening its never been clearer britain is different. Always the reluctant