Euston’s problems would not be solved by HS2
This weekend there was massive disruption to passengers to and from Euston, following damage to wires in the Wembley...
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Budget – no delight nor any despair
As always, we watched the Budget speech on Wednesday, and have trawled through the documents, looking at what it...
HS2 Ltd Chair accused of acting fraudulently by MP
A Parliamentary committee session threw up some real surprises – including accusations that were “elements of fraud’ when it...
HS2 Staff at Colne Valley: Aggressive, Abusive, Abhorrent.
Last week, some Polish environmentalists made the mistake of assuming they could walk through a meadow near Colne Valley...
HS2 in Prime Minister’s Questions
On 1st November, HS2 came up as the first question to the Prime Minister: Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):...
HS2 looks like a nail to the ‘golden hammer’ of the National Infrastructure Commission
On Tuesday 7th November, the Treasury Select Committee are due to question the National Infrastructure Commission, about infrastructure policy...
Following a Government audit, Stop HS2 accuse HS2 Ltd of “running their own gravy train with their snouts in the trough of taxpayers’ money”
An internal government audit into HS2 Ltd redundancy schemes which involved payouts significantly higher than allowed by the Department...
HS2’s CFO departs smelling of roses
Earlier this year, the National Audit Office uncovered a number of unauthorised redundancy payments made by HS2 Ltd to...
The Stop HS2 Petition: A Response to the Response.
If you have signed the current Stop HS2 petition on the Government e-petition website, you will have got the...