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George Osborne backs ‘HS2 light’ plan for Manchester-Birmingham route

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George Osborne has thrown his weight behind a proposal nicknamed HS2 light’ It would deliver new high-speed train links between Manchester and Birmingham .

Osborne said the worst thing Rishi Sunak did as prime minister was cancelling the northern arm of HS2.

More than 20 business leaders and university vice-chancellors have written to the chancellor calling for the government to support the new proposal.

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English

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42

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