Axing HS2 Manchester leg could cost 150,000 potential jobs in the North, Labour warns Rishi Sunak

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Axing HS2 Manchester leg could cost 150,000 potential jobs in the North, Labour warns Rishi Sunak
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As many as 24,000 construction jobs will immediately be lost by scrapping HS2 phase 2a of rail link

SAS ready to assist Israel's elite forces in any rescue attempt of UK hostagesSuch jobs include engineering, management, mechanic and construction roles and are based on HS2 Ltd’s own 2021 skills forecasts needed for building the Birmingham-to-Crewe link and the later Crewe-to-Manchester spur of the rail line.

While the Government has said it will spend £12bn on delivering the new NPR link between Manchester and Liverpool, it remains unclear whether this will be based on the existing HS2 plans. Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the “chaos and incompetence” surrounding the Government’s decision to scrap HS2 was having a “catastrophic impact on our economy”.

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