McLoughlin: HS2 cost 'could go down'

James Evison

22 August 2013

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has claimed that the budget for the High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) project can be ‘brought down’ from £43bn, following reports the scheme could reach an overall spend of £80bn.

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