HS2, the scandal that keeps on giving.
This article by Andrew Bridgen MP was first published on Conservative Home. It has never been clearer than now...
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HS2 Gagging Scandal Intensifies
After Rail Minister Nus Ghani had categorically told him that no HS2 staff have ever signed agreements with confidentiality clauses, Ivan Lewis MP was rather less than impressed when a written answer from her counterpart in the Lords, Baroness Vere, showed there have actually been 47.
Naturally, Lewis was not too impressed on this and on the day that parliament broke up for summer spoke about HS2 twice. First was to ask the Speaker what the procedure for getting Ghani back to explain why she misled parliament, and the second time he made it clear that the whistleblowing scandal at HS2 Ltd is not going away.
“Parliament was misled”, as Lord claims £86bn HS2 cost has been known since 2016
House of Lords, 24th July 2019. Tony Berkeley claims that parliament has been misled for at least three years and that the £86bn cost estimate for HS2 has been known for at least three years. Baroness Vere seems to claim that gagging former employees is standard practice at HS2 Ltd.
Stop HS2 ask new PM to halt HS2 enabling works pending review
Stop HS2 have written to incoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to halt HS2 enabling works and hold a full,...
Stop HS2 calls for police investigation as HS2 Ltd chair says project will need another £30bn
The Financial Times has today reported that Allan Cook, the new chairman of HS2 Ltd, has written to the...
Judge Throws Out Case Against HS2 Protestors as Threat to London’s Water Supply is Accepted.
A judge has dismissed a case of aggravated trespass brought against two Stop HS2 protestors who last year had...
Leadsom calls for review of HS2 Business Case, Labour want independent peer review
This week Andrea Leadsom brought a debate in Parliament about the business case for HS2. Like so many of...
Lord Berkeley says HS2 Ltd has paid off Whistleblowers and is ‘Rampant with fraud’.
Lord Berkeley, the former chair of the Rail Freight Group has accused HS2 Ltd of committing cover-ups and fraud....
HS2 Debate, Wednesday 10th July
Andrea Leadsom has secured a Westminster Hall debate on the business case for HS2 on Wednesday 10th July at...