Network Rail’s plans to shelve upgrades around the country
Earlier this week, Network Rail published their strategy for rail investment for 2019-2024, the so-called CP6. While it was...
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At least one MP was paying attention….
One day a couple of years ago, the chair of the HS2 Phase 1 Hybrid Bill committee Robert (now...
Over half MPs abstain on HS2 vote
Stop HS2 commented following the second reading on the HS2 Phase 2a Bill. Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2,...
Phase 2a Second Reading on Tuesday
The Second reading for the Phase 2a HS2 bill is due for Tuesday 30th January. This is likely to...
Colne Valley Viaduct – HS2 Ltd still failing on the community engagement
Today, HS2 Ltd got round to publishing their Colne Valley viaduct specimen design. This is not the actual design, but...
Carillion Award was Symptomatic of Chronic Mismanagement of HS2
Today, crisis-hit Carillion has gone into liquidation, less than six months after it was awarded the contract to design...
Reshuffle – no change here
Like many others, we’ve been watching the cabinet reshuffle with interest. We are disappointed that Chris Grayling is still...
Adonis Flounces Off
The one bit of political news between Christmas and New Year has been stirred up by Andrew Adonis, who...
Unauthorised redundancy payments a shocking waste of taxpayers’ money
Following on from their investigation into HS2 Ltd’s accounts, the Public Accounts Committee have called unauthorised payments to staff...