Manchester council spent £3m on HS2 - and another £32k on the Tory party conference where it was cancelled
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester council spent more than £3m on the HS2 line that was supposed to reach the city before it was scrapped by Rishi Sunak earlier this year.
The Prime Minister said he would cancel the Northern leg of the high-speed rail line, promising to spend the £36bn saved on other transport projects, in his keynote speech at the Tory party conference which was held in Manchester in October.
Since 2009, when the major infrastructure project was announced, Manchester council has spent £3.3m on the scheme. This includes paying for consultants, preparing to make representations in Parliament and travel expenses for meetings related to the HS2 project.
Local leaders accused the government of trying to 'embarrass' Manchester by making the decision to cancel phase 2 of the railway programme without talking to them about it - and announcing the decision at the Conservative Party conference hosted in the city.
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