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Prime-minister Rishi Sunak has said that he will make a decision on HS2 by "2039, 2040 at the latest".
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Sunak explained his reasoning; "I don't want to be premature, as I explained to my doctor, and I think the best time to make a decision is after the line is completed which, as I said, will be 2039, 2040, 2050 at the very latest. I think we can all agree that it will be pretty obvious whether it was a good idea by then."
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