Rio Ferdinand has been impressed with Sofyan Amrabat’s start to life at Manchester United and believes the midfielder could help restore the correct culture within the club.
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Rishi Sunak has refused to confirm whether plans for HS2, a high-speed rail train between London and Manchester, will make it to the city in a speech on Wednesday (September 20).
The Prime Minister said he was 'not going to speculate' on the plans after he was quizzed about the railway line by a journalist following his net zero statement at Downing Street.
It comes just days after the Government refused to guarantee that HS2 would be running to Manchester as originally planned amid reports that Mr Sunak was 'in talks to scrap the project's second stage' and about the soaring costs of the major rail project.
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Manchester city council previously urged Downing Street to 'provide assurances that the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2 is going ahead' - saying 'tens of thousands of jobs' and millions of pounds rely on its certainty.
It has been suggested, according to a leaked photograph published by The Independent, that the UK Government is considering scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg in a bid to save £35 billion, despite £2.3 billion having already been ploughed into stage two of the high-speed line.
Mr Sunak used a speech on Wednesday to announce he was weakening environmental commitments, saying it was the start of a 'series of long-term decisions' designed to change the country’s direction.
A question from a reporter from The Sun on Wednesday said: "You say you want to be honest and open about hard choices, is HS2 next, can you guarantee that it remains your government policy for a high speed rail train
Rio Ferdinand has been impressed with Sofyan Amrabat’s start to life at Manchester United and believes the midfielder could help restore the correct culture within the club.
Rishi Sunak laughed after he was grilled by Susanna Reid about 'letting down the people of Manchester' amid reports he is planning to axe the northern HS2 leg.
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Rishi Sunak today refused to comment AGAIN on the future of HS2 rail to Manchester, amid reports he will announce the scrapping of the northern leg of the line during his keynote speech to the Tory party conference on Tuesday.
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The future of HS2 rail to Manchester hangs in the balance, with the north set to lose out once again after being promised so much.
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The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been warned he is 'risking the cohesion' of the country over HS2, as Labour mayors including Andy Burnham said axing the high-speed rail route to Manchester would result in 'international embarrassment and a national outrage'.
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Political leaders have told the Prime Minister scrapping HS2 rail to Manchester would have 'massive ramifications' on the city region and the north west as a whole.
The mayor of Greater Manchester has said he will personally write to the Prime Minister and urge him to not scrap HS2.
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Bobby Brazier has made a 'promise' to his Strictly Come Dancing partner Dianne Buswell as she marked the start of their blossoming relationship amid their training for the first live show of the series.
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Andy Burnham has said Labour will bring HS2 to Manchester despite the party failing to guarantee that the high-speed railway project will go ahead over the weekend. The Greater Manchester mayor said he has been reassured that the party's commitment to two major northern railway projects has not changed.
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