High Speed Labour

Labour rescued High Speed 1 (the link to the Channel Tunnel) from collapse under the Tories and delivered it on budget and on time. It's proved to be highly successful.

Now I'm delighted that High Speed 2 is being planned, and can only be delivered, by a Labour Government as the Tories are already quibbling about the route.

This will at last connect the Midlands and the North by high speed rail to the South and Europe and finally fulfill an empty promise made by the Tories 20 years ago, which they failed to deliver.

It will make Britain a high speed rail country, which is good for the North and the Midlands and good for the environment. More importantly it will also help to reduce the economic and social differentials between North and South

A modern transport system for a modern Britain that can only be delivered by Labour Governments.