HS2 steams ahead, other rail improvements hit the end of the line
Today, Thursday 20th July, the Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, has announced in a written statement...
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‘Rogue Organisation’ HS2 Ltd Fiddle Forbidden Redundancy Payments.
Today, (Wednesday 19th 2017), the Auditor General Amyas Morse will express his concerns with the annual accounts of HS2...
“Cock up, rather than conspiracy” admits Grayling to Parliament
As expected, yesterday saw publication of a huge number of HS2 material by the Government. These included the HS2...
HS2 Cost Will Double to £111bn, According to New DfT Estimate
The projected bill for the HS2 high speed rail network has been estimated at £111bn, double the official £55.7bn...
Dennis Skinner: The government should “get real” and reassess HS2
Never one to mince his words, Dennis Skinner launched a blistering attack on Chris Grayling this week, for his continued support of HS2.
Minister calls for Cheerleaders as he prepares to confirm Phase 2b route
The route of HS2 Phase 2b through the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Cheshire is due to be confirmed this...
HS2 pre-empt consultation with ‘special’ compensation announcement.
Confusion and a little bit of animosity has recently reigned in Mexborough, as for some bizarre reason, HS2 Minister...
HS2 and Public Sector Pay on Question Time
For the last two weeks, HS2 has come up on BBC Question Time, both times being mentioned as something which could be cut to help pay for public sector pay increases. Jacob Rees Mogg and Nick Ferarri have basically made the same point, that if you don’t want to increase borrowing or taxes, then to increase Government spending on one item, something else has to go, so why not pick the most useless item of Government spending?
We’ve added these clips to our playlist of the times HS2 has got a kicking on Question Time.
Ouigo off “grands projects”, say French
At the weekend, SNCF, the French railway company, opened two new high speed rail lines, with French president Emmanuel...
Another Total Cock-Up as HS2 Ltd ‘Forget’ Route Change
Last week, HS2 Ltd published their planning context reports for Phase 1 of their scheme. The reports provide an...