At least one MP was paying attention….
One day a couple of years ago, the chair of the HS2 Phase 1 Hybrid Bill committee Robert (now...
Tag: Public Accounts Committee
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 or GWR modernisation?
One of the problems with HS2 is the huge cost, and whether spending £55 billion on one railway is...
HS2 Will be a Disaster, but Politicians Lack the Bottle to Give it the Boot
This article was first published in the Huffington Post. Last week, when a group of Conservative backbenchers took a...
HS2 Construction is Two Years Late, No Matter What HS2 Ltd Say.
Residents along the route of HS2 have been told that major construction is now only planned to commence in...
More Room at the Top of HS2
It what seems to becoming a mass exodus from the top echelons of HS2 Ltd, David Prout the HS2...
“Why on earth are you going ahead with this project?”
Last week, the House of Lords Grand Committee met to discuss the HS2 Hybrid Bill, over two days to...
HS2 lurches on down the track
From 51M: September has not been a great month for HS2. Early on, Simon Kirby quit his job as...
“HS2 is the weakest of all projects” says Select Committee Chair.
Andrew Tyrie MP, the Chair of the Commons Treasury Select Committee has written to the Secretary of State for...