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HS2 planned high-speed rail link is under further threat from the government.
The eastern leg connecting Birmingham to Leeds was abandoned on grounds of excessive costs.
It is six times more expensive per mile to build an underground line in Britain than it is in Spain .
The root of the problem lies in our byzantine planning system, says Thomas Osborne .
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