Ministers were so worried about criticism of the rising cost of High Speed 2 that they commissioned an internal review into whether it would be better value for money to abandon the scheme.
HS2 management was ordered earlier this year to examine the “cost-benefit analysis of decommissioning” the entire scheme, into which £40bn of taxpayer money has already been sunk, according to people close to the situation.
The findings, to be revealed on Tuesday, were that the cost of cancelling the London to Birmingham line would be equal to or more expensive than carrying on and would deliver fewer benefits than completing the railway.
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