Ex-Tory minister who signed off HS2 says plans to axe Manchester leg will 'entrench inequality'

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Justine Greening criticised the Prime Minister's lack of ambition and warned that 'chopping and changing' major long-term policy decisions risked denting investor confidence in the UK

Justine Greening, who as Transport Secretary gave the go-ahead for the rail line in 2012, criticised the Prime Minister’s lack of ambition and said “chopping and changing” on major long-term policy decisions riskedAs well as a leading proponent of HS2 in David Cameron’s government a decade ago, Ms Greening was also the first politician to argue for the concept of levelling up in the UK, years before Boris Johnson took up the cause.

“Yet more chopping and changing on long-term policy decisions would only also further knock business investment confidence in the UK.”any plans to scale back HS2

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