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Oct 2023
34m 31s

Tory Conference Derailed By HS2

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On the day of the chancellor’s speech, everyone’s talking about a train line.

West Midlands Tory mayor Andy Street has said Rishi Sunak would be "cancelling the future" if he "gives up" on the Manchester leg of HS2.

Adam and Chris are there for his impromptu press conference.

Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands joins to react to that, as well as what Jeremy Hunt and Liz Truss had to say today. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Sam McLaren and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Topics: 01:12 Andy Street press conference 10:42 Tory chairman Greg Hands 22:11 Analysis with Chris Mason

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