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Boris Johnson gives go-ahead for high-speed train line HS2
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February 11, 2020
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18:16Now PlayingDespite the spiralling costs, the years of delay, the environmental objections and the Tory backbench concerns - the new HS2 rail link will go ahead. First it will link London to Birmingham - and then a second phase on to Manchester and Leeds.
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Boris Johnson insisted it would bring prosperity across the country, and promised a full-time minister to take charge of keeping costs under control.
But there are plenty of Tory backbenchers who remain deeply critical of the whole project.
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