Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020
Rejected on Monday 18th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cancel HS2 and put the £106bn into the NHS instead
We would like the government to stop wasting tax payers money on the HS2 rail project and put the estimated £106 billion back into the NHS. Seeing NHS staff working so hard during the Covid19 outbreak whilst being under funded, under staffed and under paid really puts things into perspective.
At these unprecedented times it has become abundantly clear who the real heroes are in this country. The NHS has been under funded and its staff under paid for far too long now. The many people of Britain who don't have private healthcare rely on the NHS and appreciate all the hard work carried out by its staff would rather see their £106bn tax money going back into the medical and healthcare services.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
Repeal the 2013 and 2017 HS2 Hybrid Bills halting all HS2 works immediately: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300170
Cancel HS2 and use the money for the NHS and local economies, post Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311642
Halt work on HS2 and Stonehenge Tunnel until Coronavirus over: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302756
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