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Stand, but don’t deliver

Is the cancellation of the HS2 bad news for Britain? The reason Rishi Sunak gave was the high cost and changes in behaviour. This week we discuss how both are fallacious arguments and ask why Britain
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Rishi Sunak is seemingly proud to have cancelled the only real nation building project Britain has had for decades.  Instead, the money will be spent on sticking-plaster solutions to existing infrastructure, without any business case or overarching strategy. The reason? It all got too expensive. The other reason, Mr Sunak obviously thinks it’s a vote wi…

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