Leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, is asked how to improve the northern economy. From Leaders Live (ITV), 26th November 2014.
North West London residents face years of serious disruption – all for the government’s white elephant vanity project. The local MP, Nick Hurd (Conservative) describes the organisation of HS2 Ltd as “incompetent and shambolic”. Tom Edwards reports from Ickenham for BBC London News, 25th November 2014.
Londoners whose homes or businesses which will be hit by noise and pollution during construction of HS2 are being short-changed in terms of compensation. They want a similar deal to those affected in rural areas where people up to 300m from the work will get additional money.
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The ‘Fair Deal for London’ Alliance has launched a government e-petition calling for fair compensation for the capital, with the aim of obtaining a debate in parliament on the subject.
If you wish to sign the petition, you can do so at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/71100.
On Monday, the Government announced HS3 – but with no route, no costs and no timetable.
Here are some of the news reports:
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We’ve got a load more reports on the Stop HS2 Youtube channel – please check it out.
Richard Barnes on BBC London News, 30th Sep 2014:
UKIP’s Transport Spokesman, Jill Seymour MEP, speaking at UKIP’s annual conference, Doncaster, 27th September 2014. From BBC Parliament.
“Please don’t send the long arms of your proposed high speed railway line stretching this way. They’d only pull me in, make me part of your circle, drain the life out of me.”
“I can’t move in with you, London” by Simon Armitage
In 2012, Boris Johnson visited Ruislip to see Stop HS2 campaigners there. The benefit cost ratio has gone done since then, so given that the business case was doubtful then, it has got even worse since.
Report from ITV London News, Wed 11th Jan 2012
Penny Gaines, Stop HS2 Chair, pulls apart claims made about HS2 and jobs, LBC Radio, 22nd Jul 2014
John Baron MP secures a debate on defence spending and says the UK is making grave errors in cutting defence spending. Here he suggests where cuts should be made to allow the UK to be able to afford its essential defence requirements. House of Commons, 19th June 2014.
