Boss refuses to reveal ‘cost gap’ of ‘unaffordable’ HS2
Mark Thurston, the boss of HS2 Ltd has refused to admit how far over budget the project is running,...
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Secret Government Report says “Fundamentally Flawed” HS2 Could go 60% Over-Budget.
A secret report produced by the Governments’ Infrastructure and Projects Authority months before HS2 got its’ final approval in...
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,...
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...
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...
Tenants – Another Set of People Screwed by HS2
By Ewen Simpson There are many examples of the inattention displayed when considering the plight of Tenants, whether they...
Lords ask about HS2 Ltd’s unauthorised redundancy payments
Both Lord Truscott and Lord Berkeley have asked questions about the unauthorised redundancy payments made by HS2 Ltd: they...
Train fares to rise for ‘improvements’, just after network improvements dropped
The big news on the railways this week is the expected train fare rise in January, which follows on...
Passenger Numbers: Absolute Proof HS2 is the Wrong Priority
Last Thursday, the Department for Transport published the actual passenger numbers for certain stations in 2016. We covered this...