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HS2 rail project delayed by 2 years to save costs

  • Outline the government’s proposed delays to infrastructure projects including HS2

  • To what extent will a delay lead to greater regional inequality, particularly the north-south divide?

  • The government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy is the only way to reduce spatial inequality across the UK. Discuss

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun

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