One North – improving rail or cutting services?
It’s easy to assume that the authors of the recent One North report see the value in local...
Author: Penny
Boris on HS2 – in 2012
In 2012, Boris Johnson visited Ruislip to see Stop HS2 campaigners there. The benefit cost ratio has gone done since then, so given that the business case was doubtful then, it has got even worse since.
Report from ITV London News, Wed 11th Jan 2012
HS2 threatens GPs exams
A day after the BBC news reported that falling GP numbers is causing real problems for GP surgeries, the Independent reports that...
No HS2 imitation for HS3
Back in June – and apparently13-Aug-2014
John Redwood asks ‘Where has all the money gone?’
Today, John Redwood asks “HS2 – Where has all the money gone?”. He points out that
“In the two...
Some Recent News Items
Spectator: Sorry, but trains can’t really replace welfare lines
George Osborne proposed an attractive idea this week: that spending on...
NW Tory wants to do best for north and stop HS2
In the Greater Manchester marginal constituency of Bury North, its Conservative MP speaks out against HS2. http://davidnuttall.info/2013/11/03/hs2/
Rail Passenger Growth
A diagram which HS2 Ltd seems particularly fond of shows rail passenger growth, which they claim shows the need for...
From the Archives: More details from the New Economics Foundation report
Regardless of what HS2 Proponents say about HS2 being the only option, that’s not so. Here’s a look back...
September Petition Hearings – Birmingham
In September, the HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee will be hearing petitions from businesses and organisations based in Birmingham. The...