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"The Government has announced that all new smart motorways will be scrapped, including 11 that are already under development and three planned to be built between 2025 and 2030. An official statement released on 15 April gave two reasons for the move: “financial pressures” and “the current lack of public confidence” in smart motorways, which have been linked with a number of road deaths. It said £1 billion would be saved by not building any more. Commenting on the announcement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “Many people across the country rely on driving to get to work, to take their children to school and go about their daily lives and I want them to be able to do so with full confidence that the roads they drive on are safe.\""
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