Not an Independent Infrastructure Commission…. Andrew Adonis, former Secretary of State for Transport under Labour, has been recruited by George Osborne, Chancellor of the...
Is HS2 a defining issue for Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign? This was originally published on HS2 the Regional Impact. Much of the success of Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign has been...
Rail Cuts Surely Leave HS2 in Danger of Derailment This was originally published in the Huffington Post: The rationale for the Conservative Government continuing to push through HS2, the...
For HS2 playing the Europe card has become a busted flush From 51M. When all else fails, HS2 advocates play the Europe card. Patrick McLoughlin did it recently when talking about...
Heathrow-HS2 link (still) in limbo Update: As is typical of the weasel wording used by the Department for Transport, the situation over the HS2-Heathrow...
HS2 – New Year, New Website, No timeline With all the finesse of a damp squib, HS2 have finally got round to moving their website to the...
‘Scrap pacers’ promise ignores the reality of delay to the process. Today the Chancellor has been keen today to talk up the fact that he wants to create a ‘Northern...
National Audit Office: ‘lack of common sense’ and ‘unrealistic analysis’ overstated HS2 business case by 86% The Government previosuly overstated the benefits of the proposed HS2 rail line by 86%, a report from...
Small businesses can’t see the point A new survey of small firms has shown the vast majority believe there will no business benefits from the...
HS1’s Economic Effects on Kent still unassessed In a recent set of Transport questions, then Transport Minister Stephen Hammond admitted that the government had still not...