Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls ya ce jam'iyyar za ta iya jinkirta HS2 ta wuce Birmingham don tallafawa sabon layin Gabas-Yamma. An zargi Labour da isar da'mafificin fuska ga arewa' bayan da ya nuna cewa zai iya barin sabon layin dogo mai sauri zuwa Manchester da Leeds. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls ya ce jam'iyyar za ta iya jinkirta HS2 ta wuce Birmingham don tallafawa sabon layin Gabas-Yamma. David Cameron ya ce Labour na 'barin mutane a yankuna masu muhimmanci na kasarmu'. Amma Mista Balls ya ce ba da fifiko ga kashi na biyu na HS2 <unk> wanda zai haɗa Birmingham zuwa Manchester da Leeds <unk> ba shi da "kasuwanci ko ma'anar tattalin arziki". Mista Balls ya ce: 'Ci gaba da yin gabas-yamma yanzu shine fifiko.' Labour a baya ya goyi bayan HS2, wanda zai iya kashe sama da fam biliyan 50, duk da cewa an san cewa Mista Balls yana da shakku game da shi. Mista Balls ya yi magana ne bayan binciken majalisar wakilai na jam'iyyun ya yi gargadin cewa Gwamnatin ta kasa 'yin hujja mai gamsarwa' don layin dogo mai saurin gudu kuma ya kammala cewa inganta hanyoyin jirgin kasa na gabas zuwa yamma na iya yin kyau ga tattalin arziki. Labour za ta ci gaba da shirin gina sabon layi tsakanin London da Birmingham, tare da aikin da za a fara a shekara ta 2017. Amma za ta sake nazarin kashi na biyu na aikin, wanda ke fadada layin daga Birmingham zuwa Leeds da Manchester kuma ya kamata a fara ginin a tsakiyar 2020s. Maimakon haka, Mista Balls ya ce Labour za ta gabatar da tsare-tsaren da suka yi kama da abin da ake kira HS3, wani sabon layin da aka gabatar wanda ya hada Arewa maso Gabas da Arewa maso Yamma. Ya ce: 'Zan so in tattauna yadda za mu inganta hanyoyin gabas da yamma tare da David Higgins daga ranar farko kuma ina tsammanin wannan wani abu ne da za mu ci gaba da sauri yayin da muke yin manyan tambayoyi game da kashi na biyu na HS2.' Ya kara da cewa: 'Tunanin cewa za mu jira mu yi gabas zuwa yamma har sai mun yi kashi na biyu na arewa zuwa kudu ba shi da kyau. Ba shi da wata ma'ana ta tattalin arziki ko kasuwanci kwata-kwata.' A baya dai jam'iyyar Labour ta goyi bayan HS2, wanda zai iya kashe sama da fam biliyan 50, wanda zai hada London da Manchester da Leeds...
Firayim Ministan ya ce 'yan kwadago na 'bar mutane a yankuna masu muhimmanci na kasar' Ed Balls ya ce tsawaita HS2 bayan Birmingham ba shi da ma'anar tattalin arziki Shadow Chancellor ya ce Labour za ta fara duba sabon layin Gabas da Yamma.