The HS2 post election landscape starts to emerge Originally posted on 51M on 28th May Last week’s kerfuffle over the extension of the high-speed line northwards will come...
Queens speech: not HS2 beyond Birmingham As expected the Queen’s speech today confirmed that legislation for HS2 will continue with the statement “My government will...
Forget Scotland, there is no case for HS2 anywhere The SNP have reacted angrily to a leak from HS2 Ltd to The Independent on...
HS2 isn’t about commuters in Milton Keynes Lots of people have misconceptions about HS2 and where it goes – a recently published article about HS2 says...
HS2 sceptic appointed to help deliver ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision. Jim O’Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs and Chair of the City Growth Commission has been appointed as...
Buccaneering Dave commits to £50bn HS2 in the Conservative manifesto David Cameron launched the Conservative manifesto this morning. In a speech that referred to buccaneering, he also referred to...
Osborne wants to make HS2 an election issue, as Network Rail prepare cuts. Whilst George Osborne is set to put HS2 on the election agenda today, he is almost certain to keep...
HS3: Still no plan, no route and no timescale, but a £65bn budget. As expected, proposals for HS3 which have been announced today, seem to have taken the most-cost options, with the...
Budget promise on HS3 will be taking the highest cost option for another white elephant. As reported in The Independent on Sunday, Chancellor George Osborne intends to put more meat on the...
London launches charter for fairer compensation. The Fair Deal for London Alliance has, following a public consultation, today published its own