Shadow Paymaster General, Jonathan Ashworth has called the government’s plans on HS2 a “complete shambles” as criticism grows over the possible scrapping of the high-speed rail link between Birmingham and Manchester.
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00:00 Well, it's a complete shambles, isn't it?
00:02 And these question marks have been raised about HS2
00:05 because incompetent, hopeless Tory ministers
00:08 have not got a grip of the infrastructure project.
00:12 We've always said that HS2 is an important project.
00:14 It's important for adding capacity to the rail network.
00:17 That's good for passengers.
00:18 That's good for freight.
00:19 And that's important for connectivity across the north.
00:23 But with all these questions now about the financing
00:25 of the project, I think we really need the government
00:28 to clarify what is happening.
00:30 It's not good enough to have all these briefings
00:32 and counter briefings in the newspapers.
00:34 It's undermining business confidence,
00:36 and it's undermining communities across the Midlands