Happy New Year from Stop HS2
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HS2 Lead spokesman – Timescale for consultation ‘wholly unfair’
If you didn’t need to know that the current consultation on the Phase 1 Environmental Statement is unfair, here it is from Ben Ruse, the HS2 lead spokesman.
As Transport Secretary hits the road, here’s what happened last time.
Much to the surprise of many, according to the Nottingham Post, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will be holding a surgery for people whose homes are affected by HS2 at Strelley Hall, just outside Nottingham on January 13th from 9.30am. You can book appointments by calling 0115 943 6507.
What isn’t known at this stage is whether this will herald the start of a series of meetings along the Phase 2 route of HS2. This is the first time a Transport Secretary has tried to engage with the people directly affected by HS2 for over three years.
Here’s what happened last time;
Cross about Crossrail
One of the often quoted myths about HS2, is that the Government expenditure currently being used to build Crossrail...
The HS2 ‘War of Spin’ reaches new depths.
A version of this article was first published by The Information Daily.
Given that the only people called...
Transport Committee tell DfT to ‘spin harder’ on HS2, as report provides a ‘cheerleading whitewash’.
Following the increasing political rhetoric concerning HS2, the Transport Committee have ignored their previous concerns about HS2 to deliver...
Has the Government taken the first step toward burying a critical HS2 report?
A Freedom of Information Tribunal concerning the release of documents critical of the HS2 project, which was due to...
Ministers bid to use ‘war veto’ to keep HS2 documents secret.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin along with Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude have written to David Cameron to demand that...
Live updates from the Gagging Law Lobby Day
Today, Campaigners from a whole host of organisations, included Stop HS2 are descending on Parliament to campaign for their...