<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Umgcinimafa u-Ed Balls uthe iqembu lingase lihlehlise i-HS2 ukuba idlule iBirmingham ngenxa yomugqa omusha waseMpumalanga-Ntshonalanga. Iqembu lezabasebenzi liye lasolwa ngokuthi lihlabe inyongo enyakatho ngemva kokuphakamisa ukuthi lingase lilahle umugqa omusha wesitimela ohamba ngesivinini esiphezulu oya eManchester naseLeeds. Umkhandlu we-Shadow u-Ed Balls wathi iqembu lingase libambezele i-HS2 ukuba idlule iBirmingham ukuze kube nomugqa omusha osuka eMpumalanga uye eNtshonalanga. UDavid Cameron wathi iLabour yayidumaza abantu ezifundeni ezibalulekile zezwe lethu. Kodwa uMnuz Balls uthe ukubeka phambili isigaba sesibili se-HS2 esizoxhuma iBirmingham neManchester neLeeds akwenzi mqondo kwezamabhizinisi noma kwezomnotho nhlobo. UMnuz Balls wathi: Ukuqhubeka nokwenza empumalanga nentshonalanga manje kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu. I-Labour ngaphambilini yayisekele i-HS2, eyayingabiza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-50 zama-, ngisho noma uMnu Balls ayaziwa ukuthi ungabaza ngakho. UMnuz Balls ukhulume ngemuva kokuthi uphenyo lwe-House of Lords lwaxwayisa ukuthi uhulumeni wehlulekile ukwenza icala elikholisayo lomzila wesitimela ohamba ngesivinini esikhulu futhi waphetha ngokuthi ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana kwezitimela empumalanga nentshonalanga kungenza okuhle kakhulu emnothweni. Iqembu lezabasebenzi lizoqhubeka nezinhlelo zokwakha umugqa omusha phakathi kweLondon neBirmingham, umsebenzi ozoqala ngo-2017. Kodwa izophinde ibheke isigaba sesibili sephrojekthi, esandisa umugqa osuka eBirmingham uye eLeeds naseManchester futhi obekufanele uqale ukwakhiwa maphakathi nawo-2020. Esikhundleni salokho, uMnu Balls uthe abasebenzi bazoletha amapulani afana nalokho okubizwa nge-HS3, umugqa omusha ohlongozwayo ohlanganisa iNyakatho-mpumalanga neNyakatho-ntshonalanga. Wathi: Ngifuna ukuxoxa noDavid Higgins ngokuthi singazithuthukisa kanjani izixhumanisi ezisuka empumalanga ziye entshonalanga kusukela osukwini lokuqala futhi ngicabanga ukuthi yinto esizoyenza ngokushesha njengoba sibuza imibuzo emikhulu ngesigaba sesibili se-HS2. Wanezela: Umqondo wokuthi silinde ukwenza empumalanga-ntshonalanga kuze kube yilapho sesenze isigaba sesibili senyakatho-ningizimu awusilo iqiniso. Akunangqondo neze kwezomnotho noma kwezamabhizinisi. Iqembu Labasebenzi ngaphambili lalisekele i-HS2, engase ibize imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-50 zama-, exhumanisa iLondon neManchester neLeeds...  <response>: UNdunankulu wathi iLabour idumaza abantu ezifundeni ezibalulekile zezwe U-Ed Balls uthe ukunweba i-HS2 ukudlula eBirmingham akwenzi mqondo kwezomnotho Umkhandlu-mandla we-Shadow wathi iqembu le-Labour lizoqala lihlole umugqa omusha phakathi kweMpumalanga neNtshonalanga. 