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Historic plan to change transport in Birmingham
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Electric buses and Oyster cards part of wider plans to get people using public transport in the city
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Cameron calls for HS2 costs squeeze
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Prime Minister David Cameron has tasked HS2 boss Sir David Higgins with lowering costs and maximising benefits.  
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Labour 'could wait until election' over HS2 decision
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Party sources said it may delay making a final decision on the High Speed Two project, known as HS2, until after polling day in May 2015
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£1bn funding bid to create thousands of jobs from HS2
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Plans to make Greater Birmingham a centre of excellence for high-speed rail under threat from Labour 'flip-flopping'
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Sir Albert Bore HS2 concerns: His letter to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in full
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'HS2 is the single most important infrastructure project currently planned in terms of bringing growth and jobs to all the city regions – their core cities as well as the surrounding towns and cities - and rebalancing our economy away from London and the South East' he writes
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Labour big city leaders warn Miliband he risks open warfare over HS2 U-turn
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Labour's big city leaders have warned Ed Miliband he is heading for a long public battle over HS2 with his own party in the Midlands and North, in the run up to the next election
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Business leaders: HS2 vital to Birmingham
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City chamber of commerce says HS2 will generate more than £2 for every £1 invested
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Labour warned: Scrapping HS2 would be disastrous for Midlands and North
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Employers and council leaders in the Midlands and North have warned scrapping HS2 would be "disastrous" as the Government challenges Labour to stop "playing politics with our prosperity".
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Lord Mandelson: Labour only backed high speed rail to "trump" the Tories
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Labour backed high speed rail to "trump" the Tories - not because the country needs it, Peter Mandelson has admitted.
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Not building HS2 is the easy way out – but Birmingham needs it
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The high speed rail line is essential for the city and region’s prosperity, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin tells Political Editor Jonathan Walker.
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Who picks up bill for high speed rail?
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The HS2 debate continues to gather a considerable head of steam following a troubling few weeks for the ‘º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s largest infrastructure project.’
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HS2 scraps plans to move River Tame
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HS2 will arrive in the city using a new tunnel running under the M6 viaduct at Bromford, after river plan ditched
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City needs HS2 to create jobs - Transport Minister
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Patrick McLoughlin defends high-speed plans and says they are crucial to future employment in the city
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Is Labour preparing for a low-speed U-turn?
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Have Labour turned against HS2? Most political journalists at Westminster believe so, but the truth is that we don’t really know.
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City council in major MIPIM conference push
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Sir Albert Bore will be joined by no less than 25 partners from across the city to the world’s largest real estate show
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HS2 rail line plan should be put on hold, says Commons committee
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MPs argue controversial scheme needs 'more convincing' economic argument as costs soar to £42.6 billion
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Birmingham business conference to help firms land HS2 contracts
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ICC event designed to inform companies on how to compete for and win work on the major infrastructure programme in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ.
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Transport secretary: HS2 is ‘heart bypass’ for º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Patrick McLoughlin reiterates need for high-speed rail investment amid criticism over cost
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HS2: Cameron admits 'limit' to funds for £42 billion rail link
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Future of the proposed line linking the capital with cities including Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds was thrown into doubt at last week's Labour conference
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We WILL build HS2 high speed rail line, pledges David Cameron
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Prime Minister shrugs off criticism of high speed rail, defends spending cuts and criticises Labour's fuel bill freeze in run-up to party conference.
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The party that blinks first on HS2 ‘will not be forgotten', says airport director
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Labour had previously warned that it would end its support plans for a new high speed rail line linking Birmingham, London, Leeds and Manchester if the cost exceeded £50 billion
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HS2: Danny Alexander rounds on critics of controversial rail project
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Alexander: "It would be absolute folly to neglect these long-term benefits for short-term political reasons."
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Labour could be 'losing their nerve' over controversial HS2 project, says business leader
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Comment, from British Chambers of Commerce director general John Longworth, comes after speech by shadow chancellor Ed Balls at the Labour Party conference
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HS2 should be run by not-for-profit organisation, says train drivers' union
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Aslef says it believes development of the controversial railway line must be at heart of Labour's transport strategy
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