Tag: cuts
The petition tool on the Parliamentary website always gets taken down when there is an election, and it normally...
Franchise announcement paves the way to force people onto HS2
The Government have announced that whoever gets the next West Coast Mainline franchise would run HS2 at the start,...
Two former Chancellors link Network Rail cuts to HS2 spending
In the last week, both Lord (Nigel) Lawson and Alistair Darling, two former Chancellors of the Exchequer have reiterated their opposition to HS2, suggesting the cuts to Network Rail projects are as a direct result of spending on HS2.
We’ve not only put together those clips, but added some from when the pair first came out against HS2.
Besides holding the post of Chancellor, Darling had previously been Secretary of State for Transport, and as such he warned back then that if so much money went on HS2, there wouldn’t be the money for the rest of the rail network.
These words from almost two years ago now seem extremely prophetic, given the recent ‘pausing’ of Network Rail projects.
Forget what’s been announced, there are more Network Rail cuts to come.
While all the focus following the statement from Patrick McLoughlin last week was about the Trans-Pennine and Midland Mainline...
Network Rail Cuts and the HS2 fallout
A selection of TV and radio reports from this week
DfT knew Network Rail cuts were inevitable 3 years ago, due to cost of HS2.
The Government have chosen the day they announced cutbacks to Network Rail projects to publish two long-awaited...
As Network Rail projects cut, HS2 Ltd report £190m splurge.
As what will surely make the pill of the cancellation of Trans-Pennine and Midland Mainline electrification projects more bitter...
HS2 Ltd admit they will scrap all current long distance trains to Euston in £8.3bn rail cut.
After years of speculation, HS2 Ltd technical Director Andrew McNaughton has finally admitted that towns and cities in the...
“More & more MPs are beginning to think HS2 is a white elephant”
This is from last month when the Public Accounts Committee released their report into HS2. Since the reshuffle...
Mandelson: HS2’s ‘sheer cost will suck the very lifeblood’ out of the rail system
Peter Mandelson’s speech in the House of Lords on Thursday 24th October. From Hansard.
24 Oct 2013 :...