Protesters try to stop the risk of HS2 contaminating London’s water supply
Today, protesters have ignored a court injunction in an attempt to stop HS2 Ltd from drilling boreholes through a...
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In July 2017 Chris Grayling delivered an update on HS2 to Parliament in which he confirmed route changes on...
Morgan “Sacked by Mutual Consent” as Chair of HS2 – and Crossrail
After it was first reported last Friday that HS2 Ltd chair Sir Terry Morgan was going to be sacked,...
Government to Sack HS2 Chair Morgan After Just 4 Months
In another setback for the troubled HS2 rail project, the Financial Times has reported that the Government is preparing...
Boss refuses to reveal ‘cost gap’ of ‘unaffordable’ HS2
Mark Thurston, the boss of HS2 Ltd has refused to admit how far over budget the project is running,...
HS2 Ltd bury the bad news of under-reporting cost comparisons.
Last month, in what seemed like a bizarre level of honesty, when Jim Pickard at the Financial Times asked...
PAC and DfT discuss HS2
In October, the Public Accounts Committee had an oral evidence session with Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department...
The “final frontier” of the proposed HS2 route
The Woodland Trust have produced a video of Winnington Wood, one of the 19 ancient woodland directly affected by HS2.
As they say:
We are now in the final frontier of the proposed HS2 route. It’s more important than ever that we stand up together and make our voices heard.
This is your chance to stand up for trees and make sure HS2 Ltd understands that the impact of the Phase 2b route on our irreplaceable ancient woods is wholly unacceptable. Add your voice at http://www.woodlandtru.st/T2Me5
We encourage everyone to go to respond to the consultation, and thank you to the Woodland Trust for providing an easy way to do so.