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...
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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...
Unelected Labour peer calls for grassroots campaign to be silenced
Unelected Labour peer, Lord Adonis wants to silence grassroots Stop HS2 campaigners at Labour Party Conference
Campaigners were shocked when...
Our stand at the Labour party Conference
Here we are at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. We’re at Stand 126, and there will be Stop...