Claim: Scotland's bill for HS2 is £17 billion.
Fact-check: HS2 will not cost Scotland £17 billion - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. there is no evidence for this claim. in effect, all money spent by scotland on hs2 is returned through the barnett formula.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-02-01T00:00:00