HS2 could become bargaining tool between SNP and Labour, says Salmond

HS2 could become bargaining tool between SNP and Labour, says Salmond

Former first minister says SNP could demand work on new high-speed rail link starts in Scotland as a price for backing Labour

Alex Salmond has suggested the Scottish National party could demand that work on the UK’s new high-speed rail link, HS2, starts in Scotland as a price for backing a minority Labour government.

The former SNP leader said a future Labour chancellor could be forced to make that concession in order to push through his budget, if a large bloc of SNP MPs held the balance of power after the general election.

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Source: Guardian Transport

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