Some Recent News items
Independent: 14-Nov-2013
Parliamentary inquiries, Parliamentary Regrets
The Transport Select Committee are holding an inquiry into the KPMG report on HS2, which was published in September....
Cutting out the politicians’ spin, how the public in Cornwall responds to HS2
Cutting out the politicians’ spin, how the public in Cornwall responds to HS2.
BBC Question Time, 31st October 2013.
The panel...
“More & more MPs are beginning to think HS2 is a white elephant”
This is from last month when the Public Accounts Committee released their report into HS2. Since the reshuffle...
Mandelson: HS2’s ‘sheer cost will suck the very lifeblood’ out of the rail system
Peter Mandelson’s speech in the House of Lords on Thursday 24th October. From Hansard.
24 Oct 2013 :...
HS2 Bill to jump by £5.3bn to £55.4bn following Welsh pay out precedent.
UPDATE – UK Treasury denies Welsh escalation in HS2 costs.
The Welsh Assembly finance minister Jane Hutt has confirmed the...
What the Government & HS2 Ltd tried to keep secret
Newsnight report reveals the towns & cities that will suffer from HS2 being built – information that HS2 Ltd...
Government found to be hiding information showing cities losing out due to HS2
A freedom of information request from a member of the public which was passed on to the BBC Newsnight...
“Nothing to be gained” from Labour support of HS2 says former rail minister.
Former Labour Rail Minister and Glasgow MP, Tom Harris has said that he is “Becoming ever more convinced that...
Letter to the new Transport Minister
Letter to Baroness Kramer, new Transport Minister, sent last week.
Dear Baroness Kramer,
Congratulations on your appointment as Minister of State...