UK wants to lease new £33bn high-speed rail line

The government wants to lease a proposed high-speed rail line linking London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds to the private sector one year after it is completed. Construction of the line would be on balance sheet, but the private sector would be called upon to help fund its stations.

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