No U-turn on HS2

摘要

When HS2 Ltd Chief Executive Alison Munro addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group on June 18, she firmly rejected the conclusion of an article published by The Spectator five days earlier. This had suggested that the project to build a high-speed line north from London had lost the support of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and many Tory MPs. Despite the fact that Transport Secretary Justine Greening gave the go-ahead last January not only for Phase 1 to Birmingham but also Phase 2 on to Leeds and Manchester, The Spectator claimed that 'Greening was never convinced, and she listens to her parliamentary colleagues' reservations sympathetically'.