Lords demand HS2 consultation should be extended for second time in week, with 27th Feb deadline. The House of Lords Standing Orders Committee has ruled that the HS2 Phase 1 Environmental Statement Consultation should be...
HS2 bosses ‘running their own gravy train’ as jobs for the boys merry-go-round nets new chair £750k Simon Kirby will follow Sir David Higgins in joining HS2 Ltd from Network Rail in June, before taking over...
MPs rule that HS2 consultation has to be extended, following 877 ‘lost pages’. A committee of MPs has ruled that the current consultation surrounding Phase 1 of the HS2 route must be...
‘More spin and more debt’ is the clear message from new HS2 Chair. On what was surely had been orchestrated to be a set piece ‘good news’ day for HS2 as part...
Ministers bid to use ‘war veto’ to keep HS2 documents secret. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin along with Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude have written to David Cameron to demand that...
All of the companies working on HS2 design are already over budget, by a total of £11m. Building Magazine has uncovered that every company awarded contracts under Lot 1 of the HS2 Professional Services...
Stop HS2: “Government looking desperate” with updated case for HS2 Following the release of a new strategic case for HS2, Stop HS2 Campaign Manager Joe Rukin said; “As we expected,...
HS2 Ltd lead spokesman labels opponents “Farcical, Abusive, Luddites.” Ben Ruse, the lead spokesman at HS2 Ltd has taken to twitter to launch an extraordinary attack on opponents...
Penny Gaines’ evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill This is Penny Gaines’ personal evidence to the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill: it is published on the Committee’s...
Public Accounts Committee – HS2 business model is from ‘Field of Dreams’ HS2 has been torn apart again by the Public Accounts Committee, with Chris Heaton-Harris MP saying “The HS2 business...