A fortnight ago, George Osborne announced the ‘fast tracking’ of ‘Phase 2a’ of HS2. Here’s how BBC Midlands Today covered the story.
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A Christmas Poem
This poem is by Gloria, one of our regular commentators and was first published on 24th December...
Taking HS2 to the East Midlands will be completely pointless.
Whilst over the last couple of years Government have tried to backtrack and claim that HS2 is all about...
HS2 Ltd announce Phase 2a consultation events.
As part of the current consultation on Phase 2a compensation, HS2 Ltd have today announced a number of roadhsows...
Welsh Questions on HS2
This week, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood stoked up the argument about Wales being short-changed by HS2 at First Minister’s Questions in the Senedd. The answer she got was simply wrong, as explained by Eurfyl ap Gwilym in this article
Welsh row could see official HS2 cost rise to £66.3bn
A fortnight ago, Stop HS2 reported that the official cost of HS2 had jumped to £63.1bn following...
So what is the status of the HS2 Manchester Airport station?
One of the issues which had been floating about for a while is how likely the Government are to...
HS2 Ltd “Guilty of a number of failings”
Last week, we reported on the fact the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman had found HS2 Ltd guilty of maladministration. Here is how BBC Midlands Today covered the story.
HS2 Ltd launch ‘Additional Provision 5’
Despite previously insisting that they would not issue another additional provision to the HS2 Hybrid Bill after AP4 “Because...
HS2 Ltd display a complete inability to do simple maths.
HS2 Ltd have published their workforce report, a pretty standard sort of document for a Government department,...