DfT: we can only stretch the HS2 case so far
The Department for Transport’s response to the Transport Select Committee report “High Speed Rail: on track?” was published...
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Use of ‘War Veto’ to block publication of HS2 reports is illegal, say Stop HS2.
Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin has today exercised a veto on publication of a report pertaining to...
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 Ltd ‘lose’ 877 pages of consultation documents, but deadline still stands.
A total of 877 pages of information affecting the constituencies of 17 MPs has been omitted from digital versions...
Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee
This is the Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee. Only people and organisations supportive of HS2 were...
Transport Committee tell DfT to ‘spin harder’ on HS2, as report provides a ‘cheerleading whitewash’.
Following the increasing political rhetoric concerning HS2, the Transport Committee have ignored their previous concerns about HS2 to deliver...
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...
Bluespace Thinking: An Evaluation of the HS2 Strategic and Economic Cases
Malcolm Griffiths of Bluespace Thinking writes:
The Office of the Rail Regulator has published passenger usage figures up to...
From LibDem Voice: What’s wrong with HS2
Originally published on LibDem Voice on Friday: by Penny Gaines.
High Speed 2 will cost £50bn, including the trains....
New business case issued today
The much heralded new HS2 business case is being published today, with a written ministerial statement.
It’s expected to...