Friday 12th – demonstration at Hangar Lane DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HS2 PROPOSALS FOR EALING AT HANGAR LANE on FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2012 – 7:30am to 19:30pm Ellie the...
McLoughlin has his fingers in his ears about HS2. In an interview with The Independent, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said he wants to ‘fast track’...
HS2 or the best transport? Patrick McLoughlin’s speech yesterday said he would “crack on” with HS2, on the grounds that: “… we can’t afford not...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
Are infrastructure projects good for the economy? Bent Flyvbjerg who works at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, wrote a paper entitled: “Survival of the unfittest:...
ITV Central News on West Coast Main Line franchise débâcle Includes clip of Joe, and film of Penny Gaines and Fran Heron at the Stop HS2 stand at the...
More MPs questioning HS2 Following on from the WCML franchise fiasco, MPs and the news media are turning the spotlight on the flaws...
Public Accounts Committee said Franchising Civil Servant’s HS2 thinking was ‘Bonkers’ & ‘Shocking’. According to the DfT business plan, Steve Gooding the civil servant in charge of HS2 for the...
Report from Stop HS2 stand at Labour Party Conference By Keri Brennan The anti-HS2 campaign is having stands at all 3 main party conferences. Thanks go to everyone who...
“Significant technical flaws” on West Coast Mainline franchise will be dwarfed by HS2. Campaigners against HS2 feel vindicated today by the shambles of the WCML bidding process which has revealed “significant technical...