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A South Northamptonshire man says he stands to lose his home of 26 years to make way for the proposed HS2 high-speed railway line.

The Government has made clear its determination to press ahead with controversial plans for the high speed rail line from London to Birmingham. The Queen set out the government's programme for the coming year in her speech to open the new session of Parliament.

91热爆 Radio Northampton reporter Martin Heath met John Pragnell whose house, between Brackley and Whitfield, is 70 metres from where the HS2 line will be built.

Stuart talks to Philip Freer, who lives in Lower Boddington, one of the villages that will be directly affected by HS2, and to two local MP's with opposing views on HS2 - South Northamptonshire Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom and Northampton South Conservative MP Brian Binley.

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