Rishi Sunak mocked for boasting about scrapping HS2 from private plane
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour’s shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said Mr Sunak’s picture was the “perfect image to accompany the announcement you’re scrapping High Speed rail”. West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin said if Westminster politicians “experienced what we have to deal with on Victorian rail infrastructure” they would make different decisions. In a rare intervention, former Mr Cameron attacked Mr Sunak’s decision – saying he had “thrown away fifteen years of cross-party consensus” and made future infrastructure projects much harder. Mr Johnson and former chancellor George Osborne shared Mr Cameron’s criticism, saying simply: “I agree.” The PM was also criticised by northern leaders, business chiefs and senior Tories.
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