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 construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate leg from nottingham to leeds had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 bil
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
if they were consistent, sure, but they are not consistent on these issues. these issues. let s get into sli . ht these issues. let s get into slight technicalities, - these issues. let s get into slight technicalities, not i these issues. let s get into | slight technicalities, not too much, but what kind of document are they drawing up and what kind of weight does it have? it is a teaching document, it is not official norms, but it is something that they can draw upon to back up their demands, that politicians who support abortion rights refrain from communion. abortion rights refrain from communion. , ., communion. and ust to remind eo - le communion. and ust to remind peoplewho communion. and ust to remind people who communion. andjust to remind people who are not communion. andjust to remind people who are not catholic, i people who are not catholic, what is communion and why is it important? important? absolutely, this is the central important? absolutely, this is
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were at odds with church teaching shouldn t be allowed to receive communion. the eyes of the whole country are on us right now. if we fail now and do not act courageously in presenting church teaching again, this is a teaching document, comprehensive of presenting this clearly and convincingly on this core catholic value, how can we expect to be taken seriously when speaking on any other topic? the vatican is wary, fearing such a move could politicise the sacrament of holy communion. 0thers fear the issue could deepen divisions among american catholics at a time when the church needs to rebuild its congregation after the pandemic. quite a few pastors here in chicago are puzzled to hear the bishops now want to talk about excluding people at a time when the real challenge before then is welcoming people back to the regular practice of the faith and rebuilding their communities.