Overcrowding on Trains – a problem for commuters now This morning, there has been a flurry of news stories based on the report from the House of Commons...
London Calling… The regions are being promised transformational benefits when HS2 gets built. They will be able to benefit, so the...
Westminster Hall Debate on HS2 The Stop HS2 team was pleased when we heard Geoffrey Robinson had scheduled a Westminster Hall debate on HS2...
The Shifting Sounds of Moving Goalposts… Philip Hammond appears to be preparing for eventual defeat in Parliament over the HS2 proposal. Not that he actually...
Families not Ferraris! The CPRE (Council for the Protection of Rural England came out very publicly and very loudly against the...
On Public Inquiries Some of you will have seen on the news yesterday that a public inquiry has just started into...
Report from Twyford public meeting Twyford HS2 Action Group held a public meeting yesterday – their village hall was full, with people standing at...
Flaccid economics, says the Economist Thursday’s Economist has an interesting article about UK’s infrastructure, and HS2 in particular. They say it is good that...
Lobby Day – High Speed Rail – Deceiving the regions Prof Mike Geddes has had a career in regional regeneration and is a Honorary Professor at Institute for Governance...
A review of the HS2 Business Case – presentation by Chris Stokes at the Parliamentary Lobby Day The following has been produced using an audio file of Chris Stokes’ presentation and his slides: it is not...