Looks to me like the tories want to kill the whole thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/05/hs2-not-extend-euston-without-private-funding
What are the odds that the Euston link will get private funding, given the govts track record? Or will it be like the recent offshore wind auction, nobody bids because it's too unattractive, so it never happens. Then inevitably OOC is unviable without Euston so the rest gets canned.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/05/sunaks-spiteful-sale-of-land-intended-for-hs2-dashes-hopes-of-revival
If they can't have it, nobody can. That's their mentality.
#wreckers