Cheryl Gillan: How can anyone trust the Department for Transport? Cheryl Gillan, in Parliament on 6th December. Tags: News… Continue Reading
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...
The legal challenges Cameron didn’t want start on Monday. Just a fortnight after Prime Minister David Cameron called for cutting access to justice relating to planning, wanting to...
A long, cold wait for hundreds of households This was recently released by VoxOpp, the action group for the Villages of Oxfordshire Opposing HS2. Anyone reading the...
Department for Transport: HS2 Property and Compensation Consultation video The official Department for Transport video on the HS2 Property and Compensation Consultation. “Residents and businesses affected by the first...
HS1 chief joins list of HS2 critics In a surprise move, Rob Holden, the chairman of HS1 has hit out at the justifications for HS2 in...
How reliable is the Department for Transport? A preliminary report by Sam Laidlaw published on 29th October into the Department for Transport’s handling of the bidding...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
National Audit Office to review HS2 The National Audit Office (NAO) have announced that they will be opening a review into the development of HS2...