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Network North HS2 re-allocated £4.7bn funding is ‘fantasy money’ says Transport Secretary

20 February 2025
Heidi Alexander: Had to disappoint northern MPs
Heidi Alexander: Had to disappoint northern MPs

 

Alexander has told Parliament that £4.7bn funding promised by the last Government to the North and Midlands following the cancellation of HS2 was ‘fantasy money.’

Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate, asked Alexander, when the North could expect to see this investment.

In response,the Secretary of State said she was sorry to disappoint her questioner but labelled the proposed investment in northern transport as “fantasy money”. She went on to add that the...

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