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Podcast: A Long Time In Finance
Episode: HS2: going nowhere fast?
Description: With Britain facing "eye-watering" decisions about public spending, many have set their sights on HS2 as the sort of gilded "grand projet" the UK can no longer afford. But does scrapping it make sense, and what sort of infrastructure should Britain invest in instead? Neil and Jonathan talk to rail expert Tony Berkeley and Tom Forth, industrial strategy thinker, about the bizarre way infrastructure spending decisions are taken and how the country might do it better. Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Tony Berkeley and Tom Forth.Produced and edited by...