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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is due to make a rail investment announcement on Thursday but it is widely expected he will ditch the proposed eastern branch of HS2. The Minister will instead unveil new funding for a raft of regional northern rail projects to boost connectivity in a bid to deliver on the Prime Minister’s so-called “leveling-up” agenda.
But the move risks a rebellion from some Tory MPs whose constituencies would benefit from the faster rail link.
But many MPs are adamant the eastern branch of the line, designed to match an HS2 link between Birmingham and Manchester, must go ahead.
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