From the PAC report – “No clear end in sight”
On Wednesday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published their latest report into HS2. PAC HS2 Summer 2021 report Read...
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“No clear end in sight” to HS2 cost says PAC report
Earlier today (Wednesday), the Public Accounts Committee of MPs issuedtheir latest report into HS2, ‘HS2 Summer 2021’. Reacting to...
MPs Confirm Parliament & Public Consistently Lied to Over Cost of HS2
A damning report from the Public Accounts Committee has today concluded that HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport...
Morgan and Ghani to appear in front of the Lords on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Lords Economics Affairs Committee will be holding an oral evidence session on HS2. This is a...
National Audit Office report shows HS2 property cost estimate has trebled.
Today, the National Audit Office has published a report into HS2 buying land and property on Phase 1 of...
HS2 in Parliament Twice This Week, With More to Come.
This week, HS2 is due to come up in Parliament twice. On Wednesday, Stone MP Bill Cash has organised...
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...
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...