As construction work on HS2 officially begins, are infrastructure projects like high speed rail the boost the economy needs or is it a relic from a pre-Covid era? Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F

Construction work on HS2 officially began on September 4, with companies behind the controversial high-speed rail project expecting to create 22,000 jobs in the next few years.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said HS2 would "fire up economic growth and help to rebalance opportunity".

But has Covid-19 changed the equation? Now there may be a shift towards remote working after coronavirus, do we still need the extra capacity HS2 provides?

Business Editor Helen Thomas reports. Joining Kirsty Wark is Senior Vice President of the Institute of Civil Engineers Rachel Skinner, former Deputy Mayor of London Baroness Jenny Jones, who represents the Green Party in the House of Lords, and Adrian Quine from the Adam Smith Institute.

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