New ‘Red Wall’ MPs have appeared in a Youtube video telling the Prime Minister where they can spend cash saved from HS2 in their constituencies.
14 MPs including many recently elected northern politicians outline what needs to be spent in their own constituencies as they pile pressure on the PM to scrap the 250mph train line.
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The video includes Red Wall MPs including Bishop Aukland’s Dehenna Davison, Ashfield’s Lee Anderson and Alexander Stafford the MP for Rother Valley.
Their plea comes a day after it emerged that bungling transport officials are responsible for HS2’s spiralling bill by woefully underestimating the project’s complexity, a bombshell new report reveals.
And a leaked copy of the soon to be published Oakervee report revealed the cost could rise to £106bn.
The government set to make a decision on the high speed line next month.
Tory MP Victoria Prentis, who chairs the HS2 Review Group said: “I have always been opposed to this project given that it brings no benefit to North Oxfordshire, but I have now met with new colleagues from all over the country who do not want it either.
“The sad reality is that we will all be paying for it. That is £163 million per constituency.” She added: “If we want to be seen as the People’s Government, we need to take the brave step to move on from this train wreck of a project.”
Tory MP David Davis tweeted: “Just how many more of these warnings do we need?
HS2 is a totally unacceptable use of taxpayers’ money.
“We must scrap it now and refocus our spending on local infrastructure projects. I am still of the view the cost will be closer to £200bn than £100bn.”
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