Providing world-class broadband should be more important than building HS2. By 2032, when the line is due to be completed, the internet will surely be far more crucial to businesses than Intercity. And it genuinely encourages the spread of economic activity around the country, while there is disturbing evidence that high speed rail tends to concentrate it at the centre, sucking the regions dry. With the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee concluding this week that HS2 is unlikely to provide value for money, it’s high time to reassess priorities.