Plaid Cymru set out HS2 £4bn stall for General Election Today, Jonathan Edwards MP has launched a campaign calling for fairness for Wales, demanding that Wales should receive £2-4bn...
McLoughlin announces latest set of made up HS2 figures. Yesterday, the DfT announced that 1500 jobs at HS2 construction headquarters would be sited in Birmingham, stating that a...
Rail projects may not go ahead, as Higgins & Kirby have spent all the money. Whenever Stop HS2 campaigners say the money earmarked for HS2 would be better spent on current infrastructure, the stock...
Birmingham Chamber shoot themselves in the foot on Higgins salary demands This week, Sir David Higgins said he wanted to pay 20-30 people at HS2 Ltd in excess of £140,000...
HS2 Ltd want 20-30 people ‘Above salary of Prime Minister’ within next six months. Speaking on the BBC Newsnight programme, Sir David Higgins, the new chair of HS2 Ltd has said the project...
Some recent written answers House of Commons Written Answers 10 June 2014 Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport...
Over budget HS2 contractors “running their own gravy train”, with average 86% overspend. Whilst the budget for professional services contracts on Phase 1 of HS2 was originally set at £101m, the total...
Carry your bags, sir? When HS1 was originally proposed the plans assumed there would eventually be a connection from HS1 to Milton Keynes,...
‘Disgraceful Spin’ as HS2 Compensation Consultation concludes “Let’s have another consultation.” The Government has decided to bury bad news today, announcing a new proposal for HS2 compensation on the same...
Some recent news items Financial Times: London mayor criticises cost of HS2 Boris Johnson has reopened the political debate about HS2 by claiming...