Its soaring costs. He pledged to reinvest every penny in other Transport Projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Here are some of his speech. I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under cons
Has already been scrapped. The cabinet will meet in manchester shortly. In his Party Conference speech shortly, rishi sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in the north of england and wales. He is likely to argue they amount to a better use of public money and can deliver improvements more quickly. Speculation over the future of hs2, beset by long delays and spiralling costs, has dominated the tory conference. The West Midlands mayor, andy street, a tory, ones that the prior minister is about to make an incredible political gaffe and he has not ruled out resigning over the issue. Nick eardleyjoins us from manchester. Nick, announcing that the line is going to be scrapped in the line is going to be scrapped in the city that it was supposed to get to. What is the prior minister expecting to get from this, politically . It expecting to get from this, politically . Expecting to get from this, politically . It is pretty bold, isnt it . The politically . It is pretty bold, isnt i
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
By Flaunting His business value. That the scene as he makes his way to the court. We will take you back there live if there developments. We begin in the us, Wherejoe Biden Has said the us will continue to provide support for ukraine after further military funding was excluded from a last minute congressional budget deal. The temporary measure was pushed through to avert a government shutdown, but it doesnt include 6 billion in military aid for kyiv which is a top priority for the white house. Lets get the latest on this with our north America Business they pushed it to the wire, an 11th hour deal but a deal nonetheless. Well, look, it is a deal of sorts, and in the sense we are talking about workers being put, government worker, federal workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the condition down the road for another couple of weeks, they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the c
About workers, Government Workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the can down the road for a couple of weeks they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the clock resets and we start again. What it does, as you say, is fund the government, what it doesnt do, is provide aid to ukraine, and it doesnt address the keyissue ukraine, and it doesnt address the key issue for republican, which is addressing concerns they have about the border, and so i think that is the border, and so i think that is the debate, that is where it shifts to next but complicating all of this, ben, is the fact that now, you have the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, whose position, Leadership Role is under threat because one of the hard liners in the republican party, his own party, has threatened to try and have him removed from position. So, the talks, next time round, could be even more fractious than w