West Coast Mainline & HS2 – the truth will out, albeit slowly. Yesterday, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouhglin and chief DfT civil servant Philip Rutnam appeared before the Transport Select Committee, trying...
Consultations on Safeguarding and Compensation announced today. HS2 Ltd have today announced the consultation on land safeguarding and their third consultation on compensation in three years. The...
Midlands Today from Kenilworth Information Day For only the second time in two and a half years, staff from HS2 Ltd attended a public meeting,...
McLoughlin has his fingers in his ears about HS2. In an interview with The Independent, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said he wants to ‘fast track’...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
Public Accounts Committee said Franchising Civil Servant’s HS2 thinking was ‘Bonkers’ & ‘Shocking’. According to the DfT business plan, Steve Gooding the civil servant in charge of HS2 for the...
Report from Stop HS2 stand at Labour Party Conference By Keri Brennan The anti-HS2 campaign is having stands at all 3 main party conferences. Thanks go to everyone who...
“Significant technical flaws” on West Coast Mainline franchise will be dwarfed by HS2. Campaigners against HS2 feel vindicated today by the shambles of the WCML bidding process which has revealed “significant technical...
DfT and HS2 Ltd nominated for ‘analysis of evidence’ award, a day after admitting losing second set of consultation responses. HS2 Ltd and the Department of Transport, whose analysis of evidence was once described by Margaret Hodge,...
Department for Transport admit to ignoring another set of HS2 consultation responses, claiming “they would not have made a difference” Department for Transport admit to ignoring another set of HS2 consultation responses, claiming “they would not have made a...