Phase 2a Second Reading on Tuesday
The Second reading for the Phase 2a HS2 bill is due for Tuesday 30th January. This is likely to...
Author: Penny
Colne Valley Viaduct – HS2 Ltd still failing on the community engagement
Today, HS2 Ltd got round to publishing their Colne Valley viaduct specimen design. This is not the actual design, but...
Reshuffle – no change here
Like many others, we’ve been watching the cabinet reshuffle with interest.
We are disappointed that Chris Grayling is still in...
Adonis Flounces Off
The one bit of political news between Christmas and New Year has been stirred up by Andrew Adonis, who...
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...
Euston’s problems would not be solved by HS2
This weekend there was massive disruption to passengers to and from Euston, following damage to wires in the Wembley...
Budget – no delight nor any despair
As always, we watched the Budget speech on Wednesday, and have trawled through the documents, looking at what...
HS2 Ltd Chair accused of acting fraudulently by MP
A Parliamentary committee session threw up some real surprises – including accusations that were “elements of fraud’ when it...
HS2 in Prime Minister’s Questions
On 1st November, HS2 came up as the first question to the Prime Minister:
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)...
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...