Supporting HS2 proves an own goal for Heathrow third runway opponents
Before plans for HS2 were announced in March 2010, the main point made by those lobbying for high speed...
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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...
From the Archives: Justine Greening, Victorians versus Today
This was originally published on 28th August 2012: shortly after this interview she was reshuffled to Secretary of...
HS2 cost passes £40bn, with £1bn to be spent before a vote takes place.
Written answers in the House of Commons have put the cost of the HS2 rail project at £41.25 billion,...
HS1: Good idea but…
This was originally published on HS2 and the Environment, as part of a series looking at RailFuture’s response...
Debate in House of Lords: speech by Lord Truscott
Transport: HS2 – Question for Short Debate – Tuesday 26th February 2013
7.40 pm
Asked By Lord Truscott
To ask Her...
Video: “We’re in danger of developing a huge and costly white elephant”
Speech in the House of Lords, by Lord Truscott, describing the many flaws of HS2.… Continue Reading ...
More meetings and some answers
There is no question that the most motivated and active MP since the announcement of the Stage 2 plans...
HS2 Judicial Reviews end with DfT saying there is a difference between ‘full and ‘fair’ compensation.
The five Judicial Reviews being held into HS2 have concluded today (13th December) after a nine-day hearing, two days...
More delays for HS2 as ‘cracking on’ becomes ‘cracking up’, but no—one tells HS2 Ltd.
Today (December 5th 2012), Chancellor George Osborne announced as part of his Autumn Statement that; “We’ve already set out...