Reform UK threatens to kill rail projects


Deputy Reform leader Richard Tice. — Bloomberg

London: Nigel Farage has only four members of Parliament and may have to wait until 2029 to have a shot at being prime minister, but his Reform UK is already trying to steer investors away from projects that don’t fit its populist agenda.

Deputy Reform leader Richard Tice has pledged to scrap high-speed rail projects backed by the Labour government if the insurgent political party is able to convert its commanding poll lead into an electoral victory four years from now.

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