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project. It has been widely expected that costs will exceed £100bn. HS2's main purpose was to increase
increase in times and costs, that is because it is. And if it seems like I’m angry, I am.”  The HS2
cost of living crisis **Welfare cuts** -The government is expected to make a fresh attempt to reduce the amount spent on welfare, after it was forced by its own MPs to [water down a package
HS2 in 2023, it [promised to spend £1bn on electrifying the line between Crewe and Holyhead](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66994801). In February 2026 the [UK government announced a £14bn plan](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80jyx2xljno) to "transform" Welsh
HS2: the planned north-eastern leg of the high-speed rail network linking London, Manchester and Leeds. It was ended under Boris Johnson, in 2021; better, he said, for West Yorkshire to get on with
project, despite not an inch of track being destined for Wales) to the refusal to devolve the crown estates or enact police reform, the Welsh electorate began to feel that Labour in Westminster simply wasn