![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/northern-line-of-hs2-to-manchester-is-officially-axed-by-rishi-sunak-in-major-tory-conference-speech/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/british-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-849989276.jpg&description=TRACKING CHANGE Northern line of HS2 to Manchester is officially AXED by Rishi Sunak in major Tory conference speech RISHI Sunak finally AXED the Manchester leg of HS2 as he vowed to "tell it as it is" and "lead in a different way" during a major keynote speech at Tory Conference. The defiant PM told hundreds of party faithful that the multi-billion pound project is no longer fit for the purpose and taxpayers' cash is better spent elsewhere. 3 Rishi Sunak delivered a mega speech filled with new social and economic policies on the final day of Tory conference Credit: Reuters 3 Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy embrace on stage ahead of the PM's speech at Tory conference Credit: Reuters 3 Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive to the final day of the annual Conservative Party Conference Credit: AFP The £36bn Manchester leg price tag will all instead be invested in Network North, developing and upgrading "hundreds upon hundreds of new projects, large and small, road and rail, bus and train". Billions will be invested to connect 50 different stations across the North and Midlands, including Manchester and Liverpool. Upgrades will also be carried out across Britain's highway network. HS2 is still expected to cut journey times between London, Birmingham and Manchester by 30 minutes. Mr Sunak insisted it's right to have "the coverage to change direction". "HS2 is the ultimate example of the old consensus," he said. "The result is a project whose costs have more than doubled, which has been repeatedly delayed and is not scheduled to reach here in Manchester for almost two decades. "And for which the economic case has massively weakened with the changes to business travel post-Covid." Alongside upgrading Northern transport infrastructure, at Euston a new Development Zone will be created, where thousands of new homes will be built "for the next generation of homeowners new business opportunities". The PM vowed to "tell it as it is" and "lead in a different way".){kind=link}
RISHI Sunak AXED the Manchester leg of HS2, announced a ban on youngsters smoking and scrapped A-Levels as he vowed to be Britain’s most radical ever PM in a mega Tory conference speech .
The defiant PM was in fight mode as he announced a smorgasbord of policies designed to “give the country what it so sorely needs and yet too often has been denied”.
He declared once and for all that Britain is NOT a racist country.
And he hit out at woke extremists who think that biological women can have a penis.
“My story is a British story,” the PM proudly told a cheering crowd.