Will the election make any difference to HS2?
Since the election result last week, there has been a lot of speculation about what will now be the...
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Manifesto roundup
As the polls open, we thought it worth listing our articles which cover the contents of the manifestos. UKIP...
And where is Crossrail 2?
One thing absent from the Conservative party manifesto is Crossrail 2. This has led several reports to question the real...
Greens & Ukip say stop wasteful HS2 to help solve this mess
In the BBC Debate last week, both Ukip & The Green Party very much stuck to their guns, pointing out that HS2 is simply an extravagance.
Has Tim Farron got the point about HS2?
For years, whilst the Green party & Ukip have opposed HS2, Labour Conservatives & Lib-Dems have supported it. Whilst that support has at least seen dissent and wobbles from both the two main parties, the Lib-Dems have been the most resolutely pig-headedly committed to it. And whilst a commitment to HS2 is in their manifesto, does it seem that Tim Farron is starting to get the point of what HS2 is really about?
HS2 or GWR modernisation?
One of the problems with HS2 is the huge cost, and whether spending £55 billion on one railway is...
Green Party and UKIP manifestos against HS2
The final two UK wide parties to publish their manifestos have both re-iterated their opposition to HS2. The Green...
HS2 Conflict of Interests all Forgotten, as it’s Troughs all Round
Following the conflict of interests row over the HS2 Phase 2b development partner contract, which was originally awarded to...
Checking the shopping list
This article was first published on HS2 and the Environment. A couple of months ago HS2 Ltd staged one of...
LSE Study: HS2 Will Suck Jobs to London.
Whilst proponents of HS2 have long claimed that the project would somehow ‘rebalance the economy’ geographically, this has flown...