HS2 Ltd Already Breaking Their Promises – Woodland Trust
Back during the petitioning process when Phase 1 of HS2 was up in front of the parliamentary committee, HS2...
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85% of the Public Say Spend HS2 Money on Rest of Rail Network
Earlier this month, Conservative MP Bill cash claimed that “Half of the cabinet want to chuck HS2”, which still...
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...
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...
HS2 or GWR modernisation?
One of the problems with HS2 is the huge cost, and whether spending £55 billion on one railway is...
HS2 Will be a Disaster, but Politicians Lack the Bottle to Give it the Boot
This article was first published in the Huffington Post.
Last week, when a group of Conservative...
He came forth and saw a great multitude, part 1
Originally published on Peter’s blog, HS2 and the Environment:
When one considers that one of the aims of the...
Just 20 MPs turn up as HS2 Phase 1 clears final hurdle.
Yesterday the HS2 Hybrid Bill passed its’ final hurdle in the House of Commons, as the amendments made in...
Government and that Natural England report
Last week, the Government produced their response to the Lords HS2 Select Committee report. For many environmentalists, the Government’s...