6 resultsfor “how much has been spent on HS2”
HS2 legal powers and the route in central Manchester. After the costs of London-Birmingham and Cheshire to Manchester are spent and sunk, completing the line from Birmingham to Manchester Airport would represent maximum benefit
spent most of HS2’s budget without laying a single mile of track. That is the shocking legacy.” She added: “If it seems like an obscene increase in times and costs, that is because
much higher than in the months before the Covid-19 pandemic. The waiting list was 687,958 in February this year, [according to the latest official figures](https://www.gov.wales/nhs-activity-and-performance-summary-february-and-march-2026). In the months before
spent on the programme. Heidi Alexander said Labour had inherited a "litany of failure" from the previous government. "Instead of signalling the country's ambition, HS2 became a signal of the country's decline
spent on welfare, after it was forced by its own MPs to [water down a package of cuts](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2zyvypmeeo). This bill would restrict some benefits, including banning under 22s from claiming incapacity benefits
HS2 high speed rail project has become politically totemic. Plaid makes much the same demands as Labour but tells voters that it will press for a better deal. Welsh Labour accuses Plaid of trying