This is one of those situations where neither option is very appealing.
The mistake was doing it in the first place.

The facts have changed, says Rishi Sunak

Government says it will recoup money spent compulsorily purchasing property on the route, by re-selling back on the property market.

I can only imagine the devastation caused to former property owners by having their homes taken and then re-sold , likely at a large profit.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (05 Oct 2023 11.13pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

This is jam tomorrow post next election which the north will probably not get as they are used to not getting.

'Vast swathes of the London to Birmingham leg of HS2 will have to be redesigned as part of a review ordered by the Government that could push costs even further'.

100 billion + who knows, or what the route is, even now.

Rishi Sunak admits list of HS2 replacement projects just ‘illustrative’ and not pledges.

Euston really wishful thinking depending now on private funds.

Really it looks like any investment with him there is 'doing your dough'.

I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall