Government plans to use HS2 property blight for housing land-grab. While the Government is failing to compensate householders suffering property blight due to HS2, Planning Minister Nick Boles MP...
HS2 Judicial Reviews end with DfT saying there is a difference between ‘full and ‘fair’ compensation. The five Judicial Reviews being held into HS2 have concluded today (13th December) after a nine-day hearing, two days...
More delays for HS2 as ‘cracking on’ becomes ‘cracking up’, but no—one tells HS2 Ltd. Today (December 5th 2012), Chancellor George Osborne announced as part of his Autumn Statement that; “We’ve already set out...
Public Rejects a New High Speed Rail Line as Best Method of Boosting the Economy The British public does not think that building a new high speed rail line, such as the planned HS2...
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...
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,...