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🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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The government is set to delay the opening of HS2 without saying for how long. Sean Farrington looks at what this means for the UK rail network.
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0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
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0:44.1 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
0:48.3 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
0:51.3 | Oil prices ticking up a little higher again this morning as Donald Trump's |
0:55.4 | words about the conflict in the Middle East get stronger. It's another setback for the HS2 Rail |
1:01.9 | Project. Yes, we're still talking about it. The opening is being delayed beyond the target of |
1:06.9 | 233 and we have no clear date for when the rail line will finally start operating. |
1:13.3 | What on earth will happen to it next? |
1:15.6 | Meanwhile, progress on UK-US trade. |
1:18.5 | Tariffs cut for car and aerospace industries as we've been hearing this week. |
1:21.8 | But steel and aluminium importers left in limbo exporters, I should say. |
1:26.2 | That's the crucial bit. |
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